Perhaps mjnaus meant you should consider Swift's struldbrugs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug ). Or possibly th

Perhaps mjnaus meant you should consider Swift's struldbrugs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug ). Or possibly the material richness of Huxley's Brave New World. Not that I disagree with the gist of your point.