The Machine Stops: How Did a 1909 Story Predict Life in 2025?

Well, that took us by surprise.
This week, we dive into The Machine Stops, E.M. Forster’s 1909 short story that predicted the internet, Zoom, digital burnout, remote living - and maybe even the end of the world as we know it.
How did he see it coming? And why isn’t this story more well-known?

 

Link to the futuristic building discussed here. 

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