...the original traumatic situation in order to release the repressed material, so we are now being plunged back into the archaeopsychic past, uncovering the ancient taboos and drives that have been dormant for epochs… Each one of us is as old as the entire biological kingdom, and our bloodstreams are tributaries of the great sea of its total memory.”I had read that we can expect a three to nine meter rise in sea level due to global warming.
— The Drowned World, J.G Ballard, Millennium 1999, p 41.
Here's a nifty link to flood your neighborhood - Flood Maps
Flood Maps takes Googles maps and floods them to your chosen rise in sea level...from a subtle one meter to "hells-a-popping so grow gills granny!" fourteen meters.
As I said before, I'm getting boat to tie up to my new beach front property.
Before
After 9m - /It looks like MIT's gonna do ok.
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...the original traumatic situation in order to release the repressed material, so we are now being plunged back into the archaeopsychic past, uncovering the ancient taboos and drives that have been dormant for epochs… Each one of us is as old as the entire biological kingdom, and our bloodstreams are tributaries of the great sea of its total memory.”
— The Drowned World, J.G Ballard, Millennium 1999, p 41.
Okay, I'm convinced. I'm buying this book.
If you don't want to dive into a whole book, I'd recommend any of his short story collections. For a novel, my favorite is High Rise.
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