One of the central themes is that all content is mediated - no one reads the original work but rather commentary on commentary. In the spirit of this I would e

One of the central themes is that all content is mediated - no one reads the original work but rather commentary on commentary. In the spirit of this I would encourage you to read the original 1909 E.M. Forster piece first before reading this piece of commentary or the replies in this thread: https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machine-Stops.pdf https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machi...