Aella: Sex Work, Sex Research, and Data Science — #42
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Aella is a sex worker, sex researcher, and data scientist.
Aella on X: https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl)
Interviews with ex-prostitutes on the pimp life (Las Vegas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAlXdyjmWUo&ab_channel=PeterSantenello)
An earlier Aella interview with Reason:
https://reason.com/podcast/2022/04/27/aella-libertarian-sex-worker-turned-data-scientist/)
Steve and Aella discuss:
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:22) - Aella's background and upbringing
(12:45) - Aella's experiences as a sex worker and escorting
(29:52) - Pimp culture
(38:01) - Seeking Arrangement
(43:50) - Cheating
(46:50) - OnlyFans, farming simps
(51:49) - Incels and sex work
(56:24) - Porn and Gen-Z
(01:12:43) - Embryo screening
(01:21:43) - How far off is IVG?
Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.