"What people have most longed for, which is consumer society, has come to pass. Like all dreams that come to pass, there is a nagging sense of emptiness. So they look for anything, they believe in any extreme. Any extreme nonsense is better than nothing... Well, I think we're on the track to all kinds of craziness. I think there is no end to what sort of nonsense will come out of the woodwork, and a lot of very dangerous nonsense. I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is boring. The future is going to be boring."

– JG Ballard i et intervju i 1995, sitert i Lars Fr. H. Svendsens Kjedsomhetens Filosofi

[Anbefalt Ballard-lesning: The Atrocity Exhibition]

Apropos: Futurotica – hvis den genspleisede DNA-cutup-klonebeibien til HR Giger og David Cronenberg ble produktdesigner hos Electrolux: "Using everyday technological appliances for their common association with masturbation and sexual stimulation: Futurotica presents a series of prototypes of customised domestic technology. Amplifying the ubiquitous and untapped mastarbatory fantasies found in everyday, off the shelf domestic items, as forms of technology that our bodies can relate to and interact with in unusual ways."