I am re-reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano
, a book about the not-so-distant future where society is divided in two: the Engineers (ruling class) and Everyone Else. The Engineers have it all – wealth, power, women … Everyone Else has adequate food, shelter and clothing, thanks to the efficiency the Engineers have wrought with automation. But, Everyone Else is bored, having menial jobs (Army or Demolition crew) with no satisfaction. The irony is, the Engineers are bored too.
It’s like meeting an old friend again (hey, wait a minute) …