You might enjoy reading E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops"[1][2][3], which in 1909 predicted something like the internet, internet addiction and withdrawal, cha

You might enjoy reading E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops"[1][2][3], which in 1909 predicted something like the internet, internet addiction and withdrawal, chat rooms, video conferencing, online learning, widespread international air travel. [1] - The story in written form - http://www.visbox.com/prajlich/forster.html http://www.visbox.com/prajlich/forster.html [2] - An audio recording - https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster/ https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster/ [3] - Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops