Ray bradbury short story smart house6/30/2023 ![]() Some of the technological paradigms are outdated. ![]() Also, all three of the Allendale, Californias are near where I live, so I really hope this stays fiction.ĭespite my love for it, I must admit that some aspects of this story ring false for modern readers. is “only” at war with Afghanistan, drugs, and reason, and yet most of us would still be surprised if by that date our cities had been reduced to green, glowing piles of rubble with fully-automated houses in the exurbs. I suspect people will be paying more attention to it in the near future, since the story’s events happen over the 4th and 5th of August in 2026-only seven years in the future as I sit writing this article. We are still figuring out our relationship to automation, still grappling with the horrors of war, and suffering the cruelty of wealth inequality, so, it’s still relevant. But really it’s a memento mori and a prescient warning about automation, war, and wealth and raises questions about how these things might be linked. ![]() At a surface level, it’s a story about the last days of an abandoned, high-tech house. (At the very least, it will help you understand the rest of this article.) It was first published 69 years ago in Collier’s magazine, but don’t pass it by as a historical curiosity. ![]() ![]() If you haven’t read the short story, ‘ There Will Come Soft Rains,’ do so now. ![]()
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