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Similar stories have been around for a while, (I think) starting with "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster in 1909: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_S
by UncleSlacky 6y ago
Similar stories have been around for a while, (I think) starting with "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster in 1909:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
"City of Ember" is another version of this type of story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ember https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ember
I'l pretty sure that there's at least one Star Trek TOS episode like this too.