Ask A Genius 1085: Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Live!

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, Trump and Elon Musk had a conversation this evening on Twitter. What happened? What were they talking about? And where's the technical issue that happened? Rick Rosner: I didn't want to click on it because I didn't want to give them ratings, but... Initially, it crashed to 200,000 viewers/listeners. But then they got their act …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 1085: Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Live!

Ask A Genius 1084: The Citizen of the Future

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we’ve already covered pornography.  Rick Rosner: It’s like the fentanyl of porn—so powerful that it’s... We’ve talked about how in the future, people will have more control, depending on when in the future you’re talking about. When I say "we," the "we" of the future doesn’t even stay the same. We …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 1084: The Citizen of the Future

Ask A Genius 1083: The Future of Pornified Pleasure

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Next topic: the future of arousal, addictions, pleasure, partnership, and pornography. A lot of P's there. Rick Rosner: Let’s start with porn. So, in the novel I’m writing about the future, I initially had Russia trying to destabilize the West by infecting our porn and making it fill every consumer with perversion …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 1083: The Future of Pornified Pleasure