Friday, March 12, 2010

Net Effects

When used as an adjective, the word "adult" has been hijacked.

That bugs me, because I can think of any number of subjects which a child can't grasp or appreciate and require maturity to understand in context or enjoy. But somehow the focus got narrowed... To porn.

The Internet is 40 years old now and much of its development into an integral part of commerce is attributable to sex. Porn became the first industry to make a profit on the web and the needs of purveyors paved the way to the technologies, like secure encrypted credit card transactions and video streaming, which took the net beyond text.
Audio: NPR's All Things Considered 3/7/10, Guy Raz with Travis Larchuk.

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