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Clever People [MultiFormat]
eBook by Mary Soon Lee
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: In this short-short story, a far future AI reflects on the history of humanity, who achieved great technological heights without finding happiness.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Bones of the World: Tales from Time's End, ed. Bruce Holland Rogers, 2001
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2003
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [31 KB], eReader (PDB) [17 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [2 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [3 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [56 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [72 KB], hiebook (KML) [17 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [29 KB], iSilo (PDB) [2 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [3 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [31 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [8 KB]
Words: 691
Reading time: 1-2 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
"This short, sharp, essay type tale makes a pointed observation about a not-so-desirable aspect of our society that we have all seen in action. Short enough to keep the interest and insightful enough to leave us nodding our heads."--David L. Felts, Tangent Online (Learn more about Tangent Online, the Internet's leading SF&F short fiction review website)
Once upon a time, long before I existed, there were no computers at all. There were no computers to perform calculations, no AIs to design new cities and new starships, no robot architects, no robot builders, no robots whatsoever! The people who lived without computers had to do everything themselves. They had to make their own food, and their own clothes, and their own houses. They had to decide what time to get up in the morning, and in what order to carry out all their daily tasks, and what to say to each other.
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