For those that are interested, Player Piano is Vonnegut's (author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, etc.) first published book, and it is set in a society of the future where all menial labor has been replaced by machines, and the upper class is largely composed of the engineers that maintain and build the machines, leaving the rest of society to feel practically worthless despite their healthy standard of living. If you're a fan of books like 1984, Brave New World, or even Vonnegut in general, I'd recommend checking it out.
"… Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity…" – Frank Herbert (Children of Dune) OC
Turning 25 years old in one sentence
Wanting desperately to retain a sense of spontaneity and adventure, but feeling it become increasingly incompatible with the life you live and the kind of goals you have for the future. It almost feels like mourning a person, because you know there is at least some version of yourself that is no longer really alive.
–Chelsea Fagan (2013)
44 years ago, B.F. Skinner warned of the future: "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do."
"The best way to predict the future…." -Peter Drucker
"The best way to predict the future…." -Peter Drucker
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
"The longer you wait for the future …" LOESJE
Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. – George Bernard Shaw
"The longer you wait for the future …" LOESJE