This reads like a prequel to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#:~:text=%22The%20Machine%20Stops%22%20is%20a,F

This reads like a prequel to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#:~:text=%22The%20Machine%20Stops%22%20is%20a,Forster.&text=The%20story%2C%20set%20in%20a,instant%20messaging%20and%20the%20Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#:~:text=%22T....