Sex and violence are true drivers of technology

August 22, 2007 on 11:54 am by Thomas | In Science, Zeitgeist |

Fruit fly remote controlThat sex porn was one of the main drivers of the internet (and now its mobile derivatives) is a statement that surely can be discussed but still pops up here and then again and again.

And taking this story on BoingBoing about remote-controlled fruit flies into account, adding the fact that one of the scientist behind the fruit flies experiments is Dr Gero Miesenböck and funded by the us military brings us to one sad conclusion: Despite being humans, complexly developed creatures, sex and violence are still the main drivers of our progress.

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  1. Hm, WIRED disagrees. Well, not really, but they found that Web 2.0 leaves porn behind. ;)

    Comment by Pit — 24/8/2007 #

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