• more about #themachinestops
    Klebert L. Hall: "It's well worth reading "The Machine Stops," not least to contemplate how you'd manage if the Internet suddenly crashed." Well, that's a bit much, i... more »
    gorehound: good stuff.i still love older scifi.19th century scifi has some great stories.you just have to find them out. more »
    Yamato: Great story and it has a very eerie feel to it, it could make a good movie if done right. more »
    MosesMonster: This is one of my favorite early Science Fiction stories. It's so eerie how it depicts today's "Normal Life" in a retro fashion so long ago. more »
    tetracycloide: alternate summary: 'i am make science! i tame machine for use for man!' 'you go to far! you am play gods!' 'no, am progress! am automation! machine wo... more »
    winshape: I think this was also a Star Trek: TOS episode. more »
    Ben Babcock: I see computer failure as the logical precursor to computer revolution and am not surprised in the slightest. I don't follow why one would think the ... more »
    cadrina: 1909 and a guy was writing about computer crash. And was it the first to have something like a computer too? more »
    Andrew Liptak: That looks a lot like the poster for 'Moon'. more »
  • #afternoonreading

    A Story About Computer Failure Came Before The First Robot Conquest Story

    This year is the 100th anniversary of the first story about the Internet going wrong. E.M. Forster (better known for A Passage To India) wrote "The Machine Stops" in 1909, and you can read it online. More »
  • #falseutopias

    Paradise Is A Lie: A History Of False Utopias

    If you're living in a shiny happy world where everything is provided to you, and your white pajamas never ever get stained, then chances are you're in a false utopia. Someone's going to be coming and harvesting your organs, or culling you at age 30, or drugging you into obedience. The fake paradise built on a foundation of shit seems to flourish most during times when technology seems to be solving all our problems (like during the dotcom boom.) Click through for a list of false utopias. More »