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A video essay on how E.M. Forster predicted Twitter, YouTube, 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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SOURCES
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster:
https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
Some Interviews with E. M. Forster, 1957-58, 1965:
jstor.org/stable/441863
"The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms" by Ross Barkan:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/28/new-romanticism-technology-backlash
Sound effects obtained from zapsplat.com
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A video essay on how E.M. Forster predicted Twitter, YouTube, 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.
๐๐My webshop for fans of classic literature and cats: shop.spinsterslibrary.com
SOURCES
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster:
https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
Some Interviews with E. M. Forster, 1957-58, 1965:
jstor.org/stable/441863
"The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms" by Ross Barkan:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/28/new-romanticism-technology-backlash
Sound effects obtained from zapsplat.com
FIND ME ONLINE
My second channel Claudia's Haus: youtube.com/channel/UCUgt_ad44BYiQhLZRzYZsFw
spinsterslibrary.com
Twitter: twitter.com/spinsterslib
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/46554514-claudia
Instagram: instagram.com/spinsterslibrary
EQUIPMENT I USE
Camera:
Canon M50 with Kit Lense
US: amzn.to/2DaGJpV *
UK: amzn.to/2X3vDul *
Microphone:
Rode VideoMicro
US: amzn.to/2DehiUA *
UK: amzn.to/2ZgVwZU *
Tripod:
Amazon Basics Tripod
US: amzn.to/2IewzZw *
UK: amzn.to/2P3JKx6 *
Lighting:
Neewer 2 Pack Dimmable Bi-color 480 LED Video Light and Stand Lighting Kit
US: amzn.to/31NonWb *
UK: amzn.to/2Mg1DKv *
*This is an affiliate link. Feel free to ignore completely or click to buy the book/item, in which case I will earn a small commission from it. This will not affect the sale price, but is much appreciated by me :)