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"The whole problem of energy sources is going to be solved by little solutions, not by some big new piece of technology that does everything. We got into this crisis by believing that we had one big piece of technology that would do everything (oil)."
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![]() In the story, the author specifically calls out R.U.R. as an inspiration.
Alas, the tale does not end well for its creators:
The sight sickened me. My bowels
turned to water. The awful monstrosity was bent over like a bow,
screaming as if in rage, and the
pulsing matter under the glass cap
on the top of its head sent out its
reddish-blue tinge and glared at me
like an evil eye.
Insane with terror I showered
blow after blow on it with my Stilson wrench. The glass cap broke;
the glutinous mass rolled out and
pulsed on the floor like a living thing
in its death throes. Even as it
fell the whole body of the machine straightened up convulsively.
Through all its sinuous wires and
lengths ran a sighing sob. Then
with a terrible crash it fell over on
the already horribly mutilated body
of its victim and was still.
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