Machine Stops
by E. M. Forster
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The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost
the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and
spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are
skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as
a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine...
the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and
spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are
skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as
a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine...
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