Yesilbas Trendacosta, And Newitz: An Analysis

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In this article, Yesilbas, Trendacosta, and Newitz, list thirteen examples of Armageddon stories that teach lessons about the real world and its end. One example they examine is Logan’s Run. This book depicts survivors of war, overpopulation, and pollution living in a city sealed off from the forgotten world. However, life and death are controlled by a computer and when a person turns 30 they are disintegrated and reborn. If you choose not to die, you will be referred to as a “runner”, a criminal hunted down and murdered by the police. They explain that Logan’s Run teaches that “[c]omputers aren’t infallible, no matter how appealing it may be to let a supercomputer run our whole world.” Yesilbas, Trendacosta, and Newitz provide similar