The Machine Stops

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E. M. Forster presents a chillingly accurate vision of a future where humanity lives underground, entirely dependent on a global technological system known as the Machine. In this isolated world, people communicate solely through screens and avoid physical contact, losing their connection to nature and one another. When the complex system begins to fail, the inhabitants find themselves helpless a…

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