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A review by isitcake
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
4.0
Very memorable novelette on letting technology do too much for us. I can't believe this is from the early 1900s. So the machine is envisioned like machines were back then - everything is "mechanical" with buttons and switches. This book reminds me of so many other movies and books. Where the first generation built the machine and every generation after that has forgotten how the machine works even as they come to rely on it for everything, even worshipping it.
But it's also fascinating about humanity being in isolation. Another reviewer said "alone together" and it's so true. Everyone communicates through screens instead of in person. They live in their hexagonal rooms their entire lives. It's also contemplative about what people do when there's no jobs for them to do. They don't have any original ideas, they fill their days with meaningless "lectures" regurgitating info from past people.
Idk just a crazy book.
But it's also fascinating about humanity being in isolation. Another reviewer said "alone together" and it's so true. Everyone communicates through screens instead of in person. They live in their hexagonal rooms their entire lives. It's also contemplative about what people do when there's no jobs for them to do. They don't have any original ideas, they fill their days with meaningless "lectures" regurgitating info from past people.
Idk just a crazy book.