Sex in 500 years
Give your speculation here.
Sexbots. Robot on human action. All the time. Human evolution will be over.
Sagittarya
19-02-2008, 05:41
I just love history, I really love the history of sex. And it just is amazing to me that 500 years ago, some practices that were criminal then are normal now (homosexuality), and some practices normal then are criminal now (pedophilia, as in 13 year old girls marrying men in their 20's)
So this is a prediction thread. What will the standards for sex be in 500 years? The appropriate age could be 10, or it could be 30. Where will homosexuality be? Pedophilia? Beastiality?
Give your speculation here.
Knights of Liberty
19-02-2008, 05:44
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
The Vuhifellian States
19-02-2008, 05:44
It will still be an incredibly awesome way to make your life complicated and awkward.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 05:47
I, for one, welcome our new ubersex pervert overlords.
Oh, and it's quite probable we will have all converted to Ruffyism.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13459940&postcount=509
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/other/RuffyinLingerie.jpg
Barringtonia
19-02-2008, 05:48
I just love history, I really love the history of sex. And it just is amazing to me that 500 years ago, some practices that were criminal then are normal now (homosexuality), and some practices normal then are criminal now (pedophilia, as in 13 year old girls marrying men in their 20's)
So this is a prediction thread. What will the standards for sex be in 500 years? The appropriate age could be 10, or it could be 30. Where will homosexuality be? Pedophilia? Beastiality?
Give your speculation here.
Nice - I think virtual sex will show us to be the truly degraded creatures we are, just as the Internet shows the enormous market for all sorts of sexual activities.
Just as the rat will push the orgasm button until it dies, so the human will do nothing except find higher and greater means of stimulation.
I expect in 500 years, aliens will pop by to find the earth will simply be a heaving, writhing mass of virtually connected sex.
There's the idea that much of the forms of entertainment we have in life are simply substitutes for sex:
Link (http://www.heretical.com/toa/toa-s14d.html)
Oh the audacity of hope :)
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
Might be illegal, yes, but those laws are hardly enforced at all.
Humanity as we know it may not exist in 500 years, in the sense that there are individuals inhabiting bodies. Probably the concept of an individual will no longer exit, nor will a body. In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
All obviously "bad" sex (pedophilia, bestiality) will still be illegal, but it should be relatively easy to find a sexbot to do anything you want, on the grounds that if the pedophiles and bestialitics(is this a word?) are having sex with bots they are not having sex with actual children/animals.
Polygamy and incest will probably be legal for real people.
Paper porn will have been mostly replaced with virtual reality porn; after all, why look at sex when you can have sex?
Nudity will probably be more acceptable, also.
And at least one of my predictions will be wrong. ;)
Knights of Liberty
19-02-2008, 05:55
Might be illegal, yes, but those laws are hardly enforced at all.
Actually, there have been recent cases in Georgia where the oral thing has been enforced (recently they caught some teenager gettin a BJ from his girlfriend, took him to court, all that jazz).
I know its not enforced, but its archaic that they are still on the books.
Might be illegal, yes, but those laws are hardly enforced at all.
And when they are enforced, the punishment is usually spanking.
Dryks Legacy
19-02-2008, 05:57
In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
That will never happen, you wouldn't be able to get anything done in that state so how could you discover and subsequently distribute the technology?
Sagittarya
19-02-2008, 06:02
Humanity as we know it may not exist in 500 years, in the sense that there are individuals inhabiting bodies. Probably the concept of an individual will no longer exit, nor will a body. In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
Why do you believe the sense of the individual will cease to exist? It was very well alive in classical Greece and Rome.
Sagittarya
19-02-2008, 06:04
I know its not enforced, but its archaic that they are still on the books.
Christians want to stop people from sinning.
Sins like fucking, assfucking, BJ, 69ing, making out, kissing, hugging, holding hands, liking each other...etc
All I know is that it will be nothing good. Although I have to admit, the opportunities for profit are tempting.
Barringtonia
19-02-2008, 06:05
Why do you believe the sense of the individual will cease to exist? It was very well alive in classical Greece and Rome.
:confused:
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
They're not.
Maineiacs
19-02-2008, 06:08
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yykx5qVDGvE
Sagittarya
19-02-2008, 06:10
:confused:
I said, 500 years, so I'm asking why something would cease over 500 years that has been alive and well for over 2500
Knights of Liberty
19-02-2008, 06:10
They're not.
Actually, yes they are. In some southern states, as well as Ohio.
Enforced? No, not very often. But they are indeed on the books.
Actually, there have been recent cases in Georgia where the oral thing has been enforced (recently they caught some teenager gettin a BJ from his girlfriend, took him to court, all that jazz).
I know its not enforced, but its archaic that they are still on the books.
*sigh* no. The case in georgia was a statutory rape problem. It had to do with the age of the participants, not the act specifically.
The problem with that situation was that the legislature had crafted a "romeo and juliet" exception for intercourse, but did not craft a similar exception (mostly, as it turns out, through oversight) for oral sex, which meant that their acts, under romeo and juliet provisions, would have been legal if they had intercourse, but it was illegal since they had oral sex.
However crimes that specifically limit a type of sex, such as laws that criminalize "sodomy" between consenting adults were all struck down in Lawrence v. Texas
Knights of Liberty
19-02-2008, 06:13
*sigh* no. The case in georgia was a statutory rape problem. It had to do with the age of the participants, not the act specifically.
The problem with that situation was that the legislature had crafted a "romeo and juliet" exception for intercourse, but did not craft a similar exception (mostly, as it turns out, through oversight) for oral sex, which meant that their acts, under romeo and juliet provisions, would have been legal if they had intercourse, but it was illegal since they had oral sex.
However crimes that specifically limit a type of sex, such as laws that criminalize "sodomy" between consenting adults were all struck down in Lawrence v. Texas
Hmm. I would have sworn to god that oral was illegal in some states still. Like Im 90% sure it was in Ohio. Maybe its because they dont define oral as "sex"? Hell, Bill Clinton didnt;)
Actually, yes they are. In some southern states, as well as Ohio.
Enforced? No, not very often. But they are indeed on the books.
No, they're not. Or rather, they might be "on the books" but they are entirely legally unenforcable.
Check Lawrence v. Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas). Consensual sexual activities between adults are fundamentally protected under the due process clause. All these "anti sodomy laws" were declared unconstitutional in 2003
Straughn
19-02-2008, 06:15
I have to admit, the opportunities for profit are tempting.
You certainly have the lobes for it.
Hmm. I would have sworn to god that oral was illegal in some states still. Like Im 90% sure it was in Ohio. Maybe its because they dont define oral as "sex"? Hell, Bill Clinton didnt;)
the laws are "on the books", in that they've never specifically been taken out of statute. However they're unenforceable and unconstitutional.
They're there, but they're dead. They can't be enforced legally.
That will never happen, you wouldn't be able to get anything done in that state so how could you discover and subsequently distribute the technology?
1) At some point, technology makes it so we won't need to get anything done for ourselves, or at least not as much as we do now. Consider if you told our ancestors that millions of people would be able to snack on sugary food all day to the extent that obesity became a major problem. They would laugh at you for thinking that so much food could possibly exist, and that it would be possible to get society's labor done with so many people eating themselves into blobs.
2) You can get some stuff done during climax. I myself have often multitasked while climaxing.
Why do you believe the sense of the individual will cease to exist? It was very well alive in classical Greece and Rome.Classic Rome didn't have the Internet. Already wikipedia serves as a kind of collective memory for many of us, and computers/calculators have long served as surrogate processors for applications of increasing complexity. As soon as you see an interface improvement from cumbersome manual buttons to something more intuitive and immediate to our thought, you'll start to see a serious erosion of the boundaries between individuals.
Knights of Liberty
19-02-2008, 06:18
the laws are "on the books", in that they've never specifically been taken out of statute. However they're unenforceable and unconstitutional.
They're there, but they're dead. They can't be enforced legally.
Aight, you're probably right. My knowledge of sex laws is indeed outdated
Aight, you're probably right. My knowledge of sex laws is indeed outdated
well, I know Lawrence v. Texas very well...I won $100 from an old law prof from that case.
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/02/terminators-having-sex.jpg
Straughn
19-02-2008, 06:41
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/02/terminators-having-sex.jpg
Wouldn't those both be Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Straughn
19-02-2008, 06:45
:eek:
Well, as Data so eloquently put it ...
I am programmed in multiple techniques. A broad variety of pleasuring.
YOINK!
Demented Hamsters
19-02-2008, 06:54
I was rather hoping it would a tad sooner for me.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:00
I was rather hoping it would a tad sooner for me.
Did you pimp yourself out on the Sexiest NS'r thread yet?
Trollgaard
19-02-2008, 07:03
Humanity as we know it may not exist in 500 years, in the sense that there are individuals inhabiting bodies. Probably the concept of an individual will no longer exit, nor will a body. In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
If that happens, I hope a meteor hits earth and ends the degraded mess we became.
Honestly? It'll probably be about the same.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:09
I expect in 500 years, aliens will pop by to find the earth will simply be a heaving, writhing mass of virtually connected sex.
Kyronea FTW! Ahead of our time! :p
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:15
Sexbots. Robot on human action. All the time. Human evolution will be over.
Hey, sexy mama, wanna kill all humans?:p
Poliwanacraca
19-02-2008, 07:17
Humanity as we know it may not exist in 500 years, in the sense that there are individuals inhabiting bodies. Probably the concept of an individual will no longer exit, nor will a body. In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
:eek: Ouch. And I thought three minutes was unpleasant...
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:17
In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
Just as the rat will push the orgasm button until it dies, so the human will do nothing except find higher and greater means of stimulation.
http://www.impawards.com/1983/posters/brainstorm.jpg
How many of us are on here in our bathrobes, anyway?
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/evil/1370.gif
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:20
:eek: Ouch. And I thought three minutes was unpleasant...
So tantra's not for you, eh?
http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2001_American_Pie_2/tn/eddie_kaye_thomas_004.jpg
In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
I don't have any scientific evidence to back this up, but I'm pretty sure that would kill a person. Not that it would be a bad way to go.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:32
I don't have any scientific evidence to back this up, but I'm pretty sure that would kill a person. Not that it would be a bad way to go.
Death by prostate tickling :eek:
or ... attempted at least
I think, like many here have expressed, that internet porn will continue to grow and become more sophisticated as technology advances, but I fear that in terms of "real" sex we may experience a backlash of conservativism. I would also not be surprised if forced sterilization and other attempts at population control became more prevalent... I don't know what the estimates are for 500 years in the future, but if we haven't managed to inhabit any other planets by then we're gonna be awfully crowded.
Death by prostate tickling :eek:
or ... attempted at least
If I had one I might not mind. ;)
Would that be prosecuted as assissted suicide, I wonder?
Straughn
19-02-2008, 07:42
If I had one I might not mind. ;)Which brings to mind a possible intermediary step of making everyone bisexual by physical traits instead of just preference? (not implying anything with you specifically) :p
I remember something Cameron said about it on House, M.D. ....
Dr. Cameron: I'm uncomfortable about sex.
Dr. Robert Chase: Well, we don't have to talk about this...
Dr. Cameron: Sex COULD kill you. Do you know what the human body goes through when you have sex? Pupils dilate, arteries constrict, core temperature rises, heart races, blood pressure skyrockets, respiration becomes rapid and shallow, the brain fires bursts of electrical impulses from nowhere to nowhere, and secretions spit out of every gland, and the muscles tense and spasm like you're lifting three times your body weight. It's violent. It's ugly. And it's messy. And if God hadn't made it UNBELIEVABLY fun, the human race would have died out eons ago.
[She pauses to catch her breath]
Dr. Robert Chase: [He is speechless]
Dr. Cameron: Men are lucky they can only have one orgasm. Know that women can have an hour long orgasm?
Would that be prosecuted as assissted suicide, I wonder?
SWEET choice of words. :p
I was rather hoping it would a tad sooner for me.
/thread
Which brings to mind a possible intermediary step of making everyone bisexual by physical traits instead of just preference? (not implying anything with you specifically) :p
Reminds me of a sci-fi series (I want to say Varley?) where sex-change operations became so easy and inexpensive that people would routinely change from one gender to another every few years. You've got to think that would spark a new age of psychotherapy that would make Freud drool.
SWEET choice of words. :p
Always the best when it's unintentional!
Straughn
19-02-2008, 08:22
If I did I'd be waiting 1000 years, not just 500!
So you think you'd fare worse than this fella?
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj190/myramaines07/FifiGingerich002a.jpg
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13464213&postcount=671
Demented Hamsters
19-02-2008, 08:22
Did you pimp yourself out on the Sexiest NS'r thread yet?
If I did I'd be waiting 1000 years, not just 500!
Potarius
19-02-2008, 08:31
So you think you'd fare worse than this fella?
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj190/myramaines07/FifiGingerich002a.jpg
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13464213&postcount=671
Seriously, that shit made my day when I saw it back on the other thread.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 08:36
Reminds me of a sci-fi series (I want to say Varley?) where sex-change operations became so easy and inexpensive that people would routinely change from one gender to another every few years. You've got to think that would spark a new age of psychotherapy that would make Freud drool.Very, very true. And i suspect the line would start filled with NSG frequenters
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/evil/1370.gif
Always the best when it's unintentional!This almost sounds like an entendre, actually :p
Demented Hamsters
19-02-2008, 08:37
So you think you'd fare worse than this fella?
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13464213&postcount=671
that's prob what I'd look like in 500yrs without nookie
Straughn
19-02-2008, 08:38
Seriously, that shit made my day when I saw it back on the other thread.
I know, it's weird - that many photos and pages of hot people, but Ruffy's the only one to go the assassination route (leave it to the GM'rs) ... until that fella showed up. Took long enough! :D
Straughn
19-02-2008, 08:39
that's prob what I'd look like in 500yrs without nookie
They've put in for the vote, so you should consider. It'll liven it up a little. :)
Straughn
19-02-2008, 08:40
Sex with robots is going to be standard too of course.!
http://gizmodo.com/347233/love-and-sex-with-robots-author-on-colbert
ColaDrinkers
19-02-2008, 08:45
Bestiality isn't all that illegal today even, and I don't think we'll have to wait anywhere near 500 years for it to be fully legalized and mostly accepted in every civilized country.
Sex with robots is going to be standard too of course.
Demented Hamsters
19-02-2008, 08:53
They've put in for the vote, so you should consider. It'll liven it up a little. :)
After 1000 years without nookie, I'd prob seriously consider him too.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 09:01
After 1000 years without nookie, I'd prob seriously consider him too.
You at least "have a few notches", right?
Just so you know what you're missing? *itch*
Trotskylvania
19-02-2008, 09:07
You certainly have the lobes for it.
Oh, how I love the Ferengi rules of acquisition...
Straughn
19-02-2008, 09:13
Oh, how I love the Ferengi rules of acquisition...
A lot of 'em are legit ... i like this one i read a while back (don't remember the numeration)
An empty sack and your dignity is worth the price of the sack.
...or something like that.
Sylvonia
19-02-2008, 09:30
I think, like many here have expressed, that internet porn will continue to grow and become more sophisticated as technology advances, but I fear that in terms of "real" sex we may experience a backlash of conservativism. I would also not be surprised if forced sterilization and other attempts at population control became more prevalent... I don't know what the estimates are for 500 years in the future, but if we haven't managed to inhabit any other planets by then we're gonna be awfully crowded.
You don't think we're already awfully crowded? We've gotten to the point where if the population grows much more, we won't have enough food to go around. Heck, many countries DON'T have enough food to go around.
Which brings to mind a possible intermediary step of making everyone bisexual by physical traits instead of just preference? (not implying anything with you specifically) :p
I remember something Cameron said about it on House, M.D. ....
SWEET choice of words. :p
Wow, what wonderful timing. I had just watched that when I saw the House quote come up.
As for my opinion, I have a feeling computers will evolve to the point where robots will be involved in sex acts though human interaction will still be the main attraction. Nudity will probably be more widely accepted, and so long as the idea of being an adult at 18 sticks around, that will probably still be the age that sex is considered appropriate if you're consenting.
Straughn
19-02-2008, 09:36
Wow, what wonderful timing. I had just watched that when I saw the House quote come up.
Cool. :cool: I occasionally have that peculiar grace.
*but*
It's always wonderful timing if it involves Cameron and sex. :)
Sylvonia
19-02-2008, 09:45
Cool. :cool: I occasionally have that peculiar grace.
*but*
It's always wonderful timing if it involves Cameron and sex. :)
Oh how true that is. :)
Trotskylvania
19-02-2008, 10:12
A lot of 'em are legit ... i like this one i read a while back (don't remember the numeration)
An empty sack and your dignity is worth the price of the sack.
...or something like that.
My favorite pair(also can't remember number, but it's irrelevant because it was a marketing scam anyway):
"Never have sex with the boss's sister."
"Always have sex with the boss"
Pure Metal
19-02-2008, 10:48
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
what what what what what what? those are the best bits! :eek:
New Mitanni
19-02-2008, 14:53
Looks like that old Melanie Griffith movie "Cherry 2000" wasn't that far off :D
East Rodan
19-02-2008, 17:41
You are all wrong. sex will become just a casual recreational activity, kind of like going to see a cricket match. Kind of like in Brave New World. Sex with a robot seems unpleasant to me.
Sirmomo1
19-02-2008, 18:04
You are all wrong. sex will become just a casual recreational activity, kind of like going to see a cricket match.
It will be boring, last for days and draw a crowd of thousands?
Cammomile
19-02-2008, 18:14
Sounds like the using olden days hookers in London's Hyde Park...
I reckon Brothels will be staffed with Robots and be V. Beuracratic.
Anything goes will be the gist of sex laws.
As it is so accepted prudishness shall rise and the Victorians will be baaaaack!
and some practices normal then are criminal now (pedophilia, as in 13 year old girls marrying men in their 20's)
Actually, quite untrue. Back when arranged marriages were normal, and women were shipped off as young as 12, pedophilia wasn't very common at all. The reason is quite simple. They would arrange marriages because they (parents) wanted specific bloodlines to mix and maybe to get the fortunes behind the other family. It wasn't because the 20 year old man liked little girls, it was because he wanted the money the little girl had.
And rarely did they ever have sex with the little girls until they hit puberty at around 16 or 17. Before then, they would simply have sex with other women, because it would be of no use to have sex with a little girl because she can't really bear children.
If you love history so much, you should stop injecting your own modern look at it, and look at it purely within context.
Mad hatters in jeans
19-02-2008, 19:37
After reading through parts of this thread, i am disturbed by Straughns images, and that interview with that guy who wrote a book about having sex with robots.
i think i'm going to regret posting this, but i think it's for the best that others know of this thread's clear intention of unbridled insanity.
Kyronea FTW! Ahead of our time! :p
...
What?
It will be boring, last for days and draw a crowd of thousands?
And it will be totally unknown in the U.S.
Tmutarakhan
19-02-2008, 22:35
And it will be totally unknown in the U.S.
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Wandering Angels
19-02-2008, 22:35
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
WHOA!!!! Where is this disgrace against humanity occuring?! DO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THESE COUNTRIES HAVE NO HEART?!
You got me at the word 'sex', I think in five hundred year there will be no such thing as sex because we will all be dead. If we don't all die (human kind) then sex will be with robots and instead of making out with real women we will be making out with our Marilyn Monroe and Lucy Lu-bots. By then hookers will be free, there will be a free blow job day, sex will be a sport, (yes I am listing what I wished the world was like) there will be a such thing as topless hockey, there will also be a topless baseball and soccer and basketball, homosexuaity will be a sin and soon a curse word, and as long as you bribe the cops well enough you can screw any ten year old you want.
No I do not want to screw ten year olds but there are many perverts out there that would be perfectly fine with it.
Breeders and Women
19-02-2008, 22:52
I think the basics will be the same but orgies will be more accepted and hopefully homosexuality will be banned.
LOL oral sex is illegal in some states?
I just love history, I really love the history of sex. And it just is amazing to me that 500 years ago, some practices that were criminal then are normal now (homosexuality), and some practices normal then are criminal now (pedophilia, as in 13 year old girls marrying men in their 20's)
So this is a prediction thread. What will the standards for sex be in 500 years? The appropriate age could be 10, or it could be 30. Where will homosexuality be? Pedophilia? Beastiality?
Give your speculation here.
Well, a 13 year old marrying a 20 year old would not be technically paedophilia, since paedophilia is sexual attraction to prepubescent minors, and a 13 year old is not prepubescent... But I doubt the standards will change much in a practical sense, though they will in technical senses, homosexuality will likely become pretty mainstream (even more so than now), beastiality will still likely be illegal; and sex with minors will likely still be frowened upon, though the age of what constitutes a minor may change....
Straughn
20-02-2008, 09:23
LOL oral sex is illegal in some states?
YES.
:mad:
Straughn
20-02-2008, 09:25
...
What?
YOU know what i'm talking about, you horny bag of hornyflesh, walking around all horny-like.
Straughn
20-02-2008, 09:26
which could only involve chains and circles of alternating sexes.Quad-City DJ's FTW.
I think the basics will be the same but orgies will be more accepted and hopefully homosexuality will be banned.
Oh, the temptation... no, it's too late in the night to be snarky and clever.
I think the basics will be the same but orgies will be more accepted and hopefully homosexuality will be banned.Banning homosexuality would place severe restrictions on group sex, which could only involve chains and circles of alternating sexes.
YOU know what i'm talking about, you horny bag of hornyflesh, walking around all horny-like.
No, I honestly don't.
Barringtonia
20-02-2008, 11:22
No, I honestly don't.
My suspicion is that he's referencing a previous quote of yours and then quoting my sentence to link back to it.
I've a memory for details and Straughn, or at least his other nation - which, contradicting my claim of memory, I forget - had your 'horny bag of...' quote as a sigged line.
EDIT: The Brevious
Quad-City DJ's FTW.
C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)
Straughn
21-02-2008, 08:50
My suspicion is that he's referencing a previous quote of yours and then quoting my sentence to link back to it.
I've a memory for details and Straughn, or at least his other nation - which, contradicting my claim of memory, I forget - had your 'horny bag of...' quote as a sigged line.
EDIT: The Brevious
Most excellent. *bows*
Straughn
21-02-2008, 08:51
C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)
EXACTLY *bows*
Amor Pulchritudo
21-02-2008, 10:16
Im still waiting for oral sex and girl on top (among other positions) to no longer be illegal in certian states...
I can't believe either of those aren't legal in certain states!
I can't believe homosexuality and anal sex are apparently illegal in some places too.
Well, maybe in 500 years, people in those areas will be able to experience the sexual freedom we do now... :p
Humanity as we know it may not exist in 500 years, in the sense that there are individuals inhabiting bodies. Probably the concept of an individual will no longer exit, nor will a body. In the more immediate future, it may be that technology allows us to experience a continual state of sexual climax such that living is continual masturbation.
You really love the ridiculous, unjustifiable hypotheticals, don't you?
You really love the ridiculous, unjustifiable hypotheticals, don't you?The question is a hypothetical, so I do the best I can. Considering that the technological progress (and integration into society) has accelerated throughout history, even accounting for the rough spots, I think it's reasonable to assume that it will continue to do the same, although perhaps hindered a little by possible climate destabilization, cultural conflicts arising from world made "smaller" by technology, and a loosening of human will's grasp on the reign of society. I think that if you consider all the forces acting in society, the more outlandish idea is that people with individual minds in individual bodies will still be the norm in 500 years.