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Tag Archives: E.M. Forster

The Machine Stops

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Dhiraj Murthy

The Machine Stops

Following from our reading of Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’, this video helps visualize the applicability of Forster’s vision to Web 2.0.

Posted in In Class | Tagged dystopia, E.M. Forster, the machine stops

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