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Time Machine

Book • 2008
H. G.

Wells' 'The Time Machine' follows an inventor who travels to the distant future and discovers a society divided into two distinct groups: the Eloi and the Morlocks.

The Eloi are beautiful but passive and indolent creatures living on the surface, while the Morlocks are subterranean workers who maintain the machinery that sustains the Eloi.

The Time Traveller gradually realizes that the Morlocks are exploiting and preying upon the Eloi.

The novel explores themes of social class, evolution, and the potential consequences of technological progress.

It serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked advancement and the importance of maintaining a just and equitable society.

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Mentioned in 6 episodes

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Cal Newport
when making a literary reference by comparing people from boston to "the morlocks from the h.g. well's 'time machine'"
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Ep. 376: The Lincoln Protocol
Mentioned as the book written by H.G. Wells about a wealthy time traveler.
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The Time Machine (Archive Episode)
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Jameson Olsen
when explaining how H.G. Wells conceived of a physical device for time travel.
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The Time Machine \\ Dreams Bigger Than Reality
Mentioned as a way to explain how H.G.Wells was a trained scientist because of how he had the traveler verbalize his theories as he formed them.
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Become The Time Traveler \\ The Time Machine Companion Episode
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Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
as an example of the idea that time was a spatial dimension.
How to fathom timelessness | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
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Allen Guelzo
as a literary illustration of a dystopian future where technological advancement leads to societal decay and moral degradation.
The Golden Thread of the Western Tradition with Allen Guelzo

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