The Machine Stops By Jonathan Forster.
In the world of E. The omnipotent Machine keeps them there, and provides for all needs and comforts, physical and spiritual. Travel is rare, either because it is forbidden or simply unpopular.
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Most people are content to conduct their lives at remote distance, and communicate through audiovisual devices, exchanging second-hand ideas and giving lectures. The denizens of this underground global society regard the Machine as a deity, forgetting that it is a creation of human beings in the first place.
When certain defects begin appearing in the workings of the Machine, they are accepted without question by believers in its centrality to all life, but not by the likes of Kuno. Sttops, it becomes clear that action must be taken, even if no one quite knows what to do anymore ….
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Although this story was written over a century ago, the world it portrays is an uncannily familiar one, not least in these days of COVID, social distancing and Zoom meetings. Edward Morgan E. Skip to content. Another Man. Million-Story City.]
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