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Animats 14 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Machine Stops (1909)

I first read it decades ago. As time goes on, it has become more relevant.

"The Mending Apparatus was itself in need of repair."

stavros 14 days ago [–]

I was really struck by the phrase "better thus than not at all", expecially where it appears in the story. It's made an impression on me since.

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