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With Folded Hands (1947) by Jack Williamson is my favourite vision of such a future I've ever read. From the Dad losing his job to the kids giving up violin bec
by scandox 2y ago
With Folded Hands (1947) by Jack Williamson is my favourite vision of such a future I've ever read. From the Dad losing his job to the kids giving up violin because they can't compete with their Humanoid "servants" it captures the sense of futility very well.
I think history can be read as a history of human obsolescence. Even the powerful people who thought their values and ideas were important thrown on the scrap heap eventually like everyone else.
Luck is living a whole life without experiencing it personally.
- Oarch 2y agoMy favourite is Player Piano by Vonnegut. I find it absurd how prescient it is for a novel that came out in 1952.
- leovingi 2y ago>kids giving up violin because they can't compete with their Humanoid "servants" It's an interesting situation to consider in a fictional story, except we already have real-world proof of this NOT happening the way some authors envision it. We already have machines that can beat master players at Chess and it hasn't led to people giving up on chess - not playing it, not learning it.
- scandox 2y agoI agree the original idea is an over-simplification. But the feeling it captures when you do find yourself obsolete in some way is accurate.
- kmacleod 2y agoVoyage from Yesteryear (1982), James P. Hogan is my favorite. Essentially, yes, the robots can do better once shown but people create because it's enjoyable and, where desired, robots produce copies or maintain. The robots in this case have also been instructed to encourage human leadership and stay out of the way of it.