I just want to point out that the paperclip problem was already present in a short story from 1959 by a Soviet sci-fi writer Dneprov - Crabs on the Island http

I just want to point out that the paperclip problem was already present in a short story from 1959 by a Soviet sci-fi writer Dneprov - Crabs on the Island https://archive.org/stream/AnatolyDneprovCrabsOnTheIsland/Anatoly-Dneprov-Crabs-On-The-Island_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/AnatolyDneprovCrabsOnTheIsland/An... I am sure there are even earlier examples - but the above is a nice short read.