The_Machine_Stops

作者：E. M. Forster

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TheMachineStopsisashortsciencefictionstory.ItdescribesaworldinwhichalmostallhumanshavelosttheabilitytoliveonthesurfaceoftheEarth.Eachindividuallivesinisolationina‘cell’,withallbodilyandspiritualneedsmetbytheomnipotent,globalMachine.Mosthumanswelcomethisdevelopment,astheyareskepticalandfearfuloffirst-handexperience.PeopleforgetthathumanscreatedtheMachine,andtreatitasamysticalentitywhoseneedssupersedetheirown.ThosewhodonotacceptthedeityoftheMachineareviewedas‘unmechanical’andarethreatenedwith“Homelessness”.Eventually,theMachineapocalypticallycollapses,andthecivilizationoftheMachinecomestoanend.