... stagnant because those smart enough to develop new technology, medicine, and literature have been permanently handicapped, exiled, or killed. Television announcers have speech impediments, dancers cannot dance, musicians are tone deaf, and families lose all purpose, continuity, compassion, and love. A good example of this is Harrison Bergeron's story. Harrison escapes from an asylum that was meant to protect society from him ... the story. Instead of improving machines to make life easier, Harrison's society "and thus ours "relies on outdated, nineteenth century tools to encumber the su...

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