[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie

Tom Knox actast at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 25 06:13:28 UTC 2012


Are you sure it is fiction? It sounds like the only place Lance Armstrong will be allowed to ride his bike in 2050.

Thomas Knox



> From: bill at iaxs.net
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:05:13 -0500
> Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
> 
> It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please
> forgive
> me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation
> and
> have a chapter on the future thereof.
> 
> I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has
> the
> teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self-
> contained room. Occasionally, they "work" by pedaling a machine that
> generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work
> harder through a wall-sized TV set.
> 
> Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested
> "welfare dormitories" for the 50% of workers made redundant by
> automation
> around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference.
> 
> Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic.
> 
> Bill Hawkins
> 
> 
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