Willow☀️ @willowsunstone.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Time for everybody to read The Machine StopsOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.scienceWe have also truly been here before... olivia.science/before/ 3/n 2187
Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ironically, when you google the book, you are a) invited to trust the machine to investigate further and b) warned you can't trust the machine, which c) assumes you have the knowledge to double-check. 210
Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 28/06/2026There's a bit in The Machine Stops where the second narrator writes to his mother that it's become unfashionable to have one's own ideas. They should always come from someone else; ideally, several removes away. As a kid I thought it extraneous; now of course I see it as integral. 110
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