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The sci fi novel "The Machine Stops," published in 1909, comes across as amazingly prescient today (en.m.wikisource.org)
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This is truly one of the most amazing things I've ever read. It's almost inconceivable to me how an author could extrapolate so keenly where technological advances would take us more than a century later.

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[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I read that a long time ago, and it seems still quite spot on. That was amazing work.