Slavoj Žižek on Synthetic Sex and Being Yourself, Big Think

Slavoj Žižek on Synthetic Sex and Being Yourself Watch the newest video from Big Think: Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: Philosopher and social critic Slavoj Žižek dislikes the sense of selfcommodification and selfmanipulation innate in online dating. People strive for perfection when they set up dating profiles. Žižek believes love isn t about seeing someone as perfect, but rather appreciating them for the reasons they re not perfect. Perfection is an illusion, he says. Perfection is plainness. It s innocuous and generic. This isn t necessarily an endorsement of bold and honest selfexpression, because as Žižek explains, it s important to maintain manners and structure. Instead, Žižek promotes the idea of paying tribute to a perverse superego in order to be able to maintain civility. He then describes what he thinks the ideal date and sexual scenario would be