Sex and Big Data are among the defining topics of our time. The former in a very general and promotional sense. The latter in a more economic sense, and it was recently confirmed as one of the most important trends of CeBIT Big Data is written and talked about frequently and at great length, and again and again — and again! Not anymore. At one point in the past it may have been catchy to start with a quote from Dan Ariely , but the psychologist and college professor wrote it in January More than three years ago.

Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers. Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I'm far enough removed from being a teenager at this point that it's hard for me to remember the horrifying jumble of feelings that come with it, but perhaps that's one of the biggest reasons why I enjoy reading young adult literature. Everything seemed like a terrifically life-or-death experience when we were teenagers, bringing a certain sense of sincere drama that stops being acceptable in your 20s and 30s. Of course, one of the biggest sources of teenage angst revolved around sex. Now, I was one of those people who didn't get down until I was a legal adult, but I can still remember the moments of my breathless youth.