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THE MACHINE STOPS by E.M. Forster (1909) (www.visbox.com)

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Anybody who uses the Internet should read E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops. It is a chilling, short story masterpiece about the role of technology in our lives. Written in 1909, it's as relevant today as the day it was published. Forster has several prescient notions including instant messages (email!) and cinematophoes (machines that project visual images).

-Paul Rajlich

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[–] kalkulat 5 points 10 months ago

SPOILERS in the both the following:

This interesting 28m video goes into the book in some detail (great images as well)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2XXkauk0eU

A description at Wired

https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1101em-forster-machine-stops/