[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie

d.seiter at comcast.net d.seiter at comcast.net
Tue Sep 25 08:14:33 UTC 2012


It sounds familiar, but I can't put a finger on it. For some reason, it reminds me of the Lovecraft story about the circular prison complex that the prisoners had to rotate one cell at a time via a big rope once a day. .. 


-Dave 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hawkins" <bill at iaxs.net> 
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:05:13 PM 
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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