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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Read The Machine Stops if you want a startlingly accurate prediction of the future -- and one of a very few stories that predicted the Internet, especially its social nature. Now reflect on the fact that it was written over a hundred years ago. |
Thanks for the link, I just sent it to my Kindle.
I'll reserve judgment until reading it of course, but going only by the description on the linked page...startlingly accurate? I don't recall worshiping any god-machines recently. I mean, I like my Kindle, but....