When The Machine Stops: Isolation and the Death of Social Media [CC]

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A video essay on how E.M. Forster predicted Twitter, RU-vid, and the inevitable decay of social media over a hundred years ago, and what we can learn from his dystopian short story The Machine Stops.
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The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster:
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Some Interviews with E. M. Forster, 1957-58, 1965:
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"The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms" by Ross Barkan:
www.theguardia...
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Комментарии : 25

@laroygreen 9 месяцев назад

Enjoyable review! I've read this book, and I got the big theme but I clearly missed a lot by not comparing to the current world. Would be interesting to learn your process and approach to dive deeper into books and getting more from them without getting into academic interpretations. I take notes after reading a book I enjoy, but I always look at the big picture, clearly at the expense of the details.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! It's easier to go into the details with something like a short story rather than a novel. In preparation for this video, I printed off the story and highlighted sections that stood out, then took notes from there.

@la_hambre_de_monserrat 6 месяцев назад

High quality skits 😂😂

@jmarie9997 9 месяцев назад

My Eighth grade Social Studies teacher read us this.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Amazing! I can imagine it left a bit of an impression.

@ClaudiaRichmann 8 месяцев назад

Right on about Musk!

@lilygreenall2837 9 месяцев назад

Wow I'm so excited to read this! I love Forster but I had no idea he'd written anything like this.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Yes, it's so different from his novels! As are the other short stories of his I've read so far.

@PokhrajRoy. 9 месяцев назад

This feels like a new format of video. Such fun 👏🏽

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I enjoyed the process of making this one. It was a lot of work but good fun.

@comette4u 8 месяцев назад

I just listened to this story a couple of weeks ago. WOW. I relate to it in the sense that my son & I have the story roles in reverse. (Who knows if that is how the story's current situation evolved over time.) Very thought provoking! I like reading E.M. Forster and pleased that he stepped outside of his usual genre to write this one! Thank you for your entertaining review Claudia! Pspsspsss to Minerva too!😁

@Miltonnativeenglish 5 месяцев назад

Wonderful video, thank you! Ive subscribed to your channel. I first read the story long ago and read it again the day before yesterday. One of my English students is currently reading it and we will discuss tomorrow. I'll send him a link to this video.

@dena2.09 9 месяцев назад

I very much enjoyed this deep dive. I read The Machine Stops early in 2023 and was so astonished that I had to keep looking at the publication date. 😮 I always enjoy your entertaining videos, with or without the hilarious antics of your cat.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I don't know why she's so keen to be in the videos 😅

@NadineTouzet 9 месяцев назад

Love the new format! And I’m going to the link straightaway to read the story. Thank you!

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! It's a fantastic story, hope you like it

@keymeter1917 7 месяцев назад

Didn't realise Forster wrote stuff like this. I like his musings anyway. And in a way I'm not in the least surprised he wrote this. Enjoyed your exploration of this work, and Minerva's shenanigans! 😹😻

@leigh7507 2 месяца назад

its available online for free via pdf

@kamidsjournee 9 месяцев назад

I needed Minerva’s antics today. I laughed at her insistence on being a part of your task.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

She just had to be part of the video, I didn't get a choice 🤣

@kevinrussell1144 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for this, friend. I had no idea Forster produced such far-seeing, imaginative work. Yes, current AI is profit based, but it might not always be so. The answer (you're looking for) may be right in front of you, in the relationship between you and Minerva (if I have the name right, since I don't KNOW her). She has no idea why you feed and care for her. To her, you are an AI God, with no adds, no apparent reason why you should like her, and you don't charge a pfennig or a penny for anything. The thought that the AI is self-sustaining by extracting energy from the kept humans (using other machines) sounds quite Matrix-y. Happy New Year

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

And to you! My life would be much easier if my cats treated me like a god 😅

@kevinrussell1144 9 месяцев назад

However, your cats DO treat you at least a rank or two up from AI God; they treat you like a MOTHER.@@SpinstersLibrary

@nedmerrill5705 9 месяцев назад

Yeah - I like the _Beavis and Butt-Head_ interruption "She said 'intercourse' - huh huh." Any porn in this dystopia? At the time Forster reflected on 5 decades post his story there were high hopes for computer and communication technology, which was new. He hadn't been exposed to the downsides of the internet.

@SpinstersLibrary 9 месяцев назад

No, it's entirely safe for work