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The Machine Stops

E.M Forster

In 1909 E.M Forster imagined an automated dystopia deep beneath Earth’s surface. The Machine provided generations of people with everything they could ever want or need. Tubes and wires connected countless isolated pods all over the world, each housing a person who spent their days sharing ideas wit...

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The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster, published in 1909, which envisions a dystopian future where humanity has become completely dependent on a vast, interconnected machine. It was cited as an example of how things can seem sufficient but ultimately leave people feeling empty and unsatisfied.

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It's like the em forrester story the machine stops um where the guy basically breaks out because he really feels this need to breathe fresh air and it goes through this whole thing and when he finally...

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The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster, published in 1909, which envisions a dystopian future where humanity has become completely dependent on a vast, interconnected machine. It was cited as an example of how things can seem sufficient but ultimately leave people feeling empty and unsatisfied.

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It's like the em forrester story the machine stops um where the guy basically breaks out because he really feels this need to breathe fresh air and it goes through this whole thing and when he finally gets to the surface of the world that had been polluted uh and made impossible and this was em forrester this was like 19 like very early 20th century um he can't breathe the air and he dies on the surface but he's happier dying on the surface than he was living in his underground box

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