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Old 04-10-2019, 09:39 AM   #420
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This discussion reminds me about a book I read, first published I think as Make room, make room! and later republished as A is for anything. It was about how scientists had created a machine that could duplicate anything, even humans, and the machine itself so that everyone could do it, and the effect it had on society. When digital photography came about, and then MP3s I thought to myself, hmm, we're entering the territory of A is for anything with these things.
Make Room! Make Room! was a book written by Harry Harrison and published in 1966. It dealt with unchecked population growth and it's consequences. It was later made into the movie Soylent Green.
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