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Is Pornography Driving Technology?

Douglas Rushkoff

NPR

Posted: Nov 29, 2002

All Things Considered, November 29, 2002 · Brooke Gladstone, co-host of NPR’s On the Media produced at member station WNYC, examines how the pornography industry has been a key driver in the development of new technology—technology that eventually finds its way into widespread use. (9:30)

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