Maybe you’re one of the dozen or so people out there who use the internet but aren’t interested in porn. Honestly I’m not sure these people exist, but let’s pretend they do. It doesn’t matter. You owe everything you do online to porn.

Middle Men is the story of the birth of porn on the internet and it was about more than just getting boobs on people’s computers. The real masterstroke of innovation was in creating a way for people to engage in online credit card transactions, money exchanging hands between two parties who would never see or meet each other. That idea changed the way we do everything, globally, and you can see it’s genesis in the following two clips from Middle Men. Watch Luke Wilson create the world of beautiful online anonymity we all enjoy today.




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