milena carbone
The girl by the pool
Model : Tina Miralia
SIM : Grauland
The girl by the pool watched the children drown without reacting. Their parents were nowhere to be seen; Too busy with their tasks, carefully organized in to do lists, their eyes fixed on their diaries, sometimes on their social networks, they had forgotten their own children. They said : we do not have time, after that we have to do this, and after this, that's what we have to do. They had acted, said their leaders in all "conscience", in all responsibility, in a world of freedom.
It was a world they had built from scratch, in around a decade. They first occupied a vast wasteland, a useless land that had been forgotten for millenia. They uprooted the trees, turned the earth over, poured a concrete slab over its entire surface, preserving the center to build a pool. Then they built walls around the ground, with towers and walkways to ensure the safety of citizens. A large wrought iron gate welcomed newcomers to the pool. Engraved in the portal, there was this wonderful promise: "Live with no timeout, enjoy without hindrance"
Those who could afford it could live there. They contributed all their possessions, furniture, money, and especially their memories. In return they could live by the pool all their lives, and even eternity if the promises of medical science would be kept alive. Secure in a foolproof morality, which consisted in scrupulously respecting the rules of their leaders, this small human community lived in perfect harmony. Each day was swimming pool time, enjoyment, orgasm, satisfaction of all their desires, to the point where there was no desire anymore, but only the enjoyment, preceded by the same enjoyment, followed by the same enjoyment.
All that was unnecessary, all that was a hindrance, was not done. The school was abolished, since the parents no longer needed to work. Everything was getting so much easier. Man had recreated what God had taken from him.
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Olds & Milner's Experiment: Electrodes are implanted in the septal area of a rat's brain. By pressing a lever, the rat can stimulate itself that region of its brain, causing the sensation of pleasure. Once the rat has discovered how to feel pleasure, it self-stimulates continuously, not even taking the time to eat. The direct stimulation of this circuit is so powerful that the animal forgets its basic needs. In tests, the rats reached scores never reached before, regardless of the reward. Subjects provided more than 100 responses per minute on the lever. The rats seemed, moreover, to be able to withstand the most intense shocks. Some electric shocks were even so strong that the animals were propelled against the walls of the cage, to rush again on the lever. If sleep became necessary, they slumbered for a few moments to resume their activity of self-stimulation. Mothers have been known to abandon their broods to indulge in the excitement of their "pleasure center" - (Sonderegger, 1970).
The girl by the pool
Model : Tina Miralia
SIM : Grauland
The girl by the pool watched the children drown without reacting. Their parents were nowhere to be seen; Too busy with their tasks, carefully organized in to do lists, their eyes fixed on their diaries, sometimes on their social networks, they had forgotten their own children. They said : we do not have time, after that we have to do this, and after this, that's what we have to do. They had acted, said their leaders in all "conscience", in all responsibility, in a world of freedom.
It was a world they had built from scratch, in around a decade. They first occupied a vast wasteland, a useless land that had been forgotten for millenia. They uprooted the trees, turned the earth over, poured a concrete slab over its entire surface, preserving the center to build a pool. Then they built walls around the ground, with towers and walkways to ensure the safety of citizens. A large wrought iron gate welcomed newcomers to the pool. Engraved in the portal, there was this wonderful promise: "Live with no timeout, enjoy without hindrance"
Those who could afford it could live there. They contributed all their possessions, furniture, money, and especially their memories. In return they could live by the pool all their lives, and even eternity if the promises of medical science would be kept alive. Secure in a foolproof morality, which consisted in scrupulously respecting the rules of their leaders, this small human community lived in perfect harmony. Each day was swimming pool time, enjoyment, orgasm, satisfaction of all their desires, to the point where there was no desire anymore, but only the enjoyment, preceded by the same enjoyment, followed by the same enjoyment.
All that was unnecessary, all that was a hindrance, was not done. The school was abolished, since the parents no longer needed to work. Everything was getting so much easier. Man had recreated what God had taken from him.
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Olds & Milner's Experiment: Electrodes are implanted in the septal area of a rat's brain. By pressing a lever, the rat can stimulate itself that region of its brain, causing the sensation of pleasure. Once the rat has discovered how to feel pleasure, it self-stimulates continuously, not even taking the time to eat. The direct stimulation of this circuit is so powerful that the animal forgets its basic needs. In tests, the rats reached scores never reached before, regardless of the reward. Subjects provided more than 100 responses per minute on the lever. The rats seemed, moreover, to be able to withstand the most intense shocks. Some electric shocks were even so strong that the animals were propelled against the walls of the cage, to rush again on the lever. If sleep became necessary, they slumbered for a few moments to resume their activity of self-stimulation. Mothers have been known to abandon their broods to indulge in the excitement of their "pleasure center" - (Sonderegger, 1970).