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The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
"If our national budget makes Jefferson's seem laughable, how about future budgets? Well, take a look at Morey's problems!"
('The Midas Plague' (1954) by Frederik Pohl)
Excellent tongue-in-cheek story pillories the Consumer Society. In the story, robots and corporations produce so many consumer goods, that the measure of wealth is how FEW goods you are force-fed during the course of your days, weeks and months. Select an invention:
Automatic Companion Robot - better than a puppy |
Consumption Robots |
Law Clerk Robot |
Maid-Robot |
Programming Panel |
TBR (Talk Between Robots) Circuit |
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