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: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
