Andrew Huberman· PhD
The bigger problem that I'm seeing um or the scarier problem is pornography used to be something of passive consumption. So the porn is over there and I'm over here. There's no emotional connection. There's no parasocial relationship. The really scary thing is with the things things like Only Fans now the person that you're watching pornography for is interacting with you. They're saying thank you. They're appreciating you. you're asking them and then they're sending you a picture or making a video just for you. So, I'm seeing a lot more scary parasocial relationships develop. I'm seeing emotional affairs. So, now like we've added a dimension of our brain, the empathic circuit, the social circuits, the relationship circuits are now starting to activate with pornography. So, that's like a whole different ballgame.