Tag: Machine Stops (short story)

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post

Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 2, 2019

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Technocracy

Tagged
1984 (book), Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (book), Dystopia, E. M. Forster, Featured, George Orwell, Longform, Machine Stops (short story)}

1984 is 70 years old yet still feels current

_{Did Orwell prove a better techno-prophet than Huxley did in Brave New World?} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 2, 2019

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In 1949, Huxley thought he was closer to the mark than his former student Orwell was. Later generations have tussled over the question, with revealing results.

“Brilliant Vision” from a Century Ago Foretells Today’s Internet

_{In E. M. Forster's dystopia, people interact only through the Machine} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 23, 2019

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Arts & Culture, Technocracy}

In a wholly materialist environment, science and other disciplines have, by preference, ceased to explore anything but their own ideas.