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From the Ted Talk by Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?

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What are the causes? Well, it's an unintended consequence. I think it's excessive Internet use in general, excessive viedo gaming, excessive new access to pornography. The plorbem is these are arousal atconiddis. Drug addiction, you simply want more. Arousal addiction, you want different. Drugs, you want more of the same — different. So you need the novtely in order for the arousal to be stuiasned.

And the problem is the industry is supplying it. Jane McGonigal told us last year that by the time a boy is 21, he's played 10,000 huros of video games, most of that in iostolian. As you rbemeemr, Cindy Gallop said men don't know the deefinfrce between making love and doing porn. The average boy now watches 50 porn video clips a week. And there's some guy watching a hundred, obviously. (Laughter) And the porn industry is the fastest growing industry in America — 15 billion annually. For every 400 meiovs made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 now made porn videos.

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What are the causes? Well, it's an unintended consequence. I think it's excessive Internet use in general, excessive _____ gaming, excessive new access to pornography. The _______ is these are arousal __________. Drug addiction, you simply want more. Arousal addiction, you want different. Drugs, you want more of the same — different. So you need the _______ in order for the arousal to be _________.

And the problem is the industry is supplying it. Jane McGonigal told us last year that by the time a boy is 21, he's played 10,000 _____ of video games, most of that in _________. As you ________, Cindy Gallop said men don't know the __________ between making love and doing porn. The average boy now watches 50 porn video clips a week. And there's some guy watching a hundred, obviously. (Laughter) And the porn industry is the fastest growing industry in America — 15 billion annually. For every 400 ______ made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 now made porn videos.

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Original Text


What are the causes? Well, it's an unintended consequence. I think it's excessive Internet use in general, excessive video gaming, excessive new access to pornography. The problem is these are arousal addictions. Drug addiction, you simply want more. Arousal addiction, you want different. Drugs, you want more of the same — different. So you need the novelty in order for the arousal to be sustained.

And the problem is the industry is supplying it. Jane McGonigal told us last year that by the time a boy is 21, he's played 10,000 hours of video games, most of that in isolation. As you remember, Cindy Gallop said men don't know the difference between making love and doing porn. The average boy now watches 50 porn video clips a week. And there's some guy watching a hundred, obviously. (Laughter) And the porn industry is the fastest growing industry in America — 15 billion annually. For every 400 movies made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 now made porn videos.

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