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E. O. is the future. Too much work etc.

« Eden Olympia is the face of the future. Already there are hundreds of business and science parks around the world. Most of us [...] are going to spend our entire working lives in them. But they all suffer from the same defect. – Too much leisure ? – No. Too much work. [...] The dream of a leisure society was the great twentieth-century delusion. Work is the new leisure. Talented and ambitious people work harder than they have ever done, and for longer hours. They find their only fulfilment through work. The men and women running successful companies need to focus their energies on the task in front of them, and for every minute of the day. The last thing they want is recreation. »

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« She exchanged quips with the flunkey, and let him admire
her décolletage. » De quel dictionnaire particulier Ballard tire-t-il ce mot ?...

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« The whole world will soon be a business-park colony, run by a lot of tight-lipped men who pretend to be weekend psychos. » « Le monde entier sera bientôt une colonie de parcs d’affaires, conduite par un tas d’hommes aux lèvres serrées qui, durant le week-end, joueront les psychopathes. »

13 décembre 2000