[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
_______________________________________________
time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com
To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
and follow the instructions there.
More information about the time-nuts
mailing list