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2017 Reprint of 1909 Edition. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted, but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is made via a kind of instant messaging/video conferencing machine with which people conduct their only activity: the sharing of ideas and what passes for knowledge. It is intended as a chilling reminder of the possible consequences on over reliance on machines and the changes to human capacity and character that could result from this over dependence. Consider a classic of the science fiction genre and a prescient warning about our reliance on machine technology.
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The Machine Stops, E. M. Forster
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
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- Titel
- The Machine Stops
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- E. M. Forster
- Verlag
- Lits
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 70
- ISBN13
- 9781609422998
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Religiöse Themen, Sci-Fi, Klassiker, Geschichten, England, Dystopie, Gesellschaftskritik, Reise, Ratschläge, Tipps, Ideen, Isolation
- Beschreibung
- 2017 Reprint of 1909 Edition. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted, but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is made via a kind of instant messaging/video conferencing machine with which people conduct their only activity: the sharing of ideas and what passes for knowledge. It is intended as a chilling reminder of the possible consequences on over reliance on machines and the changes to human capacity and character that could result from this over dependence. Consider a classic of the science fiction genre and a prescient warning about our reliance on machine technology.