There is no privacy and no private parts. In a world in which we… — “Notes on Burroughs” (1964) in Media Research (1997), p 89 | The MMM

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There is no privacy and no private parts. In a world in which we are all ingesting and digesting one another there can be no obscenity or pornography or decency. Such is the law of electric media which stretch the nerves to form a global membrane of enclosure.

“Notes on Burroughs” (1964) in Media Research (1997), p 89

Quote #1300

Year: 1964

Chapters: Computer | Corporate Consciousness | Electric, Electronic | Global Village

↪ Also at #1389, #1923, #2450

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