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

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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