E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops (excerpts)
Excerpts of E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic dystopia The Machine Stops
Excerpts of E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic dystopia The Machine Stops
Compared to 1984 or Brave New World, E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic novella The Machine Stops was, in some ways, the most eerily accurate prediction of our current technological milieu.
Nine years ago, three artists created a controversial site to make a statement about Facebook’s practices. The company sued and accused them of scraping data. Oh, the irony.