Ben & Ness 01 - Sexism, Attraction, Biology, Biomods

Wrong Way, Go Back! Podcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wwgbtv Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/wwgbtv Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:202186097/sounds.rss 0:00 Introduction 1:08 Chris Gayle and Mel McLaughlin Interview http://theconversation.com/the-game-is-changing-baby-chris-gayle-and-sexism-in-cricket-52748 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlpg66kVeCk http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/sexism-storm-surrounding-chris-gayle-worsens-as-more-reporters-come-forward-with-new-allegations/story-PdzeOS5kl7bbSa7XdhvVsN.html 1:25 Ness discusses audio clip and media reporting http://aussiegossip.com.au/news/1345/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHHnNGF7nwU 2:45 Ben skeptical of media reporting 4:25 Even reporter criticizes media coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlpg66kVeCk 4:35 Attraction 5:10 Is attraction fair? 5:30 Ben’s head explodes, attraction is the game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergamy https://youtu.be/FqWio8W0ulk?t=31m24s 6:00 Should attraction be part of success? 6:55 Sensual Craig Ferguson Interviews / Part of the job is to be attractive, to attract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMrC3UqfCqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luT8Rcg4lqE 8:50 It doesn’t seem attraction is even unfortunate, it is evolutionary, dismissing it would be denying our nature, the nature that kept humans alive 9:45 Examples of attractive body language in humans and its importance in communication, survival, and mating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpf8H_Dd40 10:25 Sexualisation in gaming, men are sexualised too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_representation_in_video_games http://www.shapingyouth.org/godaddy-swaps-sexualization-women-objectification-men/ http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f38-current-events-debates/t89760-sexism-yeah-right/ 11:55 Status is the currency of male attraction, ignoring that undermines biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergamy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gaYyNk7QA 12:40 Isn’t this a bad thing? 13:00 Masculine and feminine gender roles are what got humans to survive 13:25 Struggles of career then maternity vs maternity then career http://www.ds-health.com/risk.htm (1/20 chance of down syndrome at 45 maternal years) Milo (misquoted, actually is Stephan) https://twitter.com/nero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqWio8W0ulk 14:35 Humans and History; Is our nature suited for this artificial modern world? 16:35 Futurists/cyborgs and altered senses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg 17:15 Altered senses, new senses, confused senses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeFRkAYb1uk 18:55 Enhanced senses; glasses & laser surgery enhance sense, cochlear implant returns sense, pacemakers & diabetes insulin injections provide life support, trans operations provide erections Mispronunciation; cochlear not coachella https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant Glasses that return colours to colorblind people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbCsNS8nco http://enchroma.com 21:05 Is providing new senses weird or beneficial? 21:20 Human evolution, changes of behaviour, migration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Starches 22:40 Why not upgrade our 200,000 year old bodies for the modern world? Role Playing Games (RPGs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex Flight or Fight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response Tend and Befriend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tend_and_befriend 24:50 Creative biomods ridiculous or helpful? Individual expression vs collective and extreme subcultures Lady doing earthquake dance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountainhead Polyamorous univercorns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6JnhPbHCQ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/ 26:40 Outro