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Released 50 years ago, “Soylent Green” is an eerie prophecy : https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/02/released-50-years-ago-soylent-green-is-an-eerie-proph

by archo 3y ago

Released 50 years ago, “Soylent Green” is an eerie prophecy : https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/02/released-50-years-ago-soylent-green-is-an-eerie-prophecy https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/02/released-50-yea... https://archive.is/eQaOX https://archive.is/eQaOX "Soylent Green" Soylent Green (1973) - IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ Soylent Green - Rotten Tomatoes : https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soylent_green https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soylent_green

dingosity 3y ago
Oh. I was sort of wondering why we were talking about Soylent Green on HN. I worried some VC had re-written a modern version of "A Modest Proposal."
- archo 3y ago
  A Modest Proposal - Project Gutenberg : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. by Dr. Jonathan Swift 1729