<i>Furthermore, pornography weakens our tolerance for the kind of boredom which is vital to give our minds the space in which good ideas can emerge, the sort of creative boredom we experience in a bath or on a long train journey.</i><p>There are far more trivial things than pornography that seem to be having that effect, like e-mail, mobile phones, Twitter or Facebook (HN? ;-)).<p>Some people can't go more than a minute or two in a waiting room, train, or commercial break without hitting up their boredom reliever of choice. I have to work hard at that temptation myself. I'd stick Twitter way higher on my list than pornography on my list of things that have become time-wasting addictions.. and, indeed, seem to do my best brainstorming when walking, driving, or otherwise doing things where I <i>can't</i> lean on those crutches.<p>Maybe the solution is not simply less pornography, but more of those baths and long train journeys ;-)