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I’ve been thinking about The Machine Stops a lot since the start of covid, it’s wild that it was published in 1909. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_S
by fossuser 6y ago
I’ve been thinking about The Machine Stops a lot since the start of covid, it’s wild that it was published in 1909.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
- emayljames 6y agoHow Unmechanical of you. Seriously though, wow that is unbelievable how it was written then.
- tjr225 6y ago> The two main characters, Vashti and her son Kuno, live on opposite sides of the world. Vashti is content with her life, which, like most inhabitants of the world, she spends producing and endlessly discussing secondhand 'ideas'. Woah. I'm literally doing that right now... > Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and threatened with Homelessness. What!? This is insane. Thanks for sharing.