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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by lelanthran on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @07:59AM (#47673858)
Are you talking about the one called "The Machine Stops", published like a hundred years ago?
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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by rob74 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @08:08AM (#47673979)
I think there are lots of sci-fi stories on this topic, one I can think of is "Pump Six" by Paolo Bacigalupi (https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125&sourc...), which is from this century...
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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by actionfromafar on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @08:22AM (#47674145)
That story is incredible, with insights into what technology would mean.
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