1909 · 48 min read · 12,000 words
by E.M. Forster
Written in 1909 — before computers, before the internet, before social media — Forster described isolation by technology, virtual communication replacing physical contact, algorithmic content delivery, and the terror of a society that has forgotten how to function without its infrastructure. He wrote our world before electricity was common.
This text is in the public domain in the United States. Source: Project Gutenberg.
