JG Ballard and a quote about Nature

January 18, 2008 6:38 PM

JG Ballard said something about our pornography-addicted culture being due to a disconnect with nature, but I don't have an exact quote. So with hat in hand, I appeal to the hive mind.

I must've read it in a RE/SEARCH mag many years ago, but I don't have any of them kicking around anymore. Any reference to this compelling statement would be appreciated.

posted by survivorman to science & nature (2 comments total)

"A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction," from "News from the Sun" in Myths of the Near Future (1982).

(4th result for ballard pornography nature)
posted by mediareport at 7:07 PM on January 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

4th result for ballard pornography nature

I don't know how the heck I missed that. But thank you.
posted by survivorman at 7:14 PM on January 18, 2008