…socio-economic status with Darwinian fitness. Plenty of people of quite modest intelligence and limited achievement are successfully passing their genes on to the next generation. Recommended reading: The Marching Morons by Cyril Kornbluth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
From the article: "My favorite along these lines is a classic, Cyril Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons." It's the original version of "Idiocracy" — the basic idea is that selection now favors the stupid, and so if we go forward in time, that's what we'll see. The concept is simple and well-drawn; the consequences…
…management which try to simplify things into “anecdotal analytics”, e.g. preferring a persuasive narrative over reality...for a good cynical perspective from the ‘50s I recommend C.M. Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons” (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons>).
Or even Venus, as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons (Text here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51233/51233-h/51233-h.htm) Both involved Cyril Kornbluth, what a great talent, taken far too soon. Interestingly, Pohl wrote a sequel to The Space Merchants…
I would add that after reading The Machine Stops you should read Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" from 1951. Talk about prescient! It reads like a meld of Idiocracy and the current U.S. administration. From the Wikipedia entry: "In 1988, real estate agent and con artist John Barlow is placed in…
……把社会经济地位和达尔文适应度画等号。大批智力平平、成就有限的人正成功地将自己的基因传递给下一代。推荐阅读：西里尔·康布罗斯（Cyril Kornbluth）的《蠢人的进军》（The Marching Morons）https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
…socio-economic status with Darwinian fitness. Plenty of people of quite modest intelligence and limited achievement are successfully passing their genes on to the next generation. Recommended reading: The Marching Morons by Cyril Kornbluth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
摘自文章：“这方面我最喜欢的是一部经典之作，西里尔·康布罗斯的《蠢人的进军》（The Marching Morons）。它是电影《蠢蛋进化论》（Idiocracy）的原型——核心设定是自然选择如今青睐愚蠢之人，所以如果时光向前流逝，我们看到的就是那样的光景。构思简单且刻画到位；其后果……
From the article: "My favorite along these lines is a classic, Cyril Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons." It's the original version of "Idiocracy" — the basic idea is that selection now favors the stupid, and so if we go forward in time, that's what we'll see. The concept is simple and well-drawn; the consequences…
……那些试图把问题简化为“轶事化分析”（anecdotal analytics）的管理层，比如比起客观现实更偏爱有说服力的叙事……想要领略50年代那种精辟的愤世嫉俗视角，我推荐 C.M. 康布罗斯的《蠢人的进军》（The Marching Morons）(<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons>)。
…management which try to simplify things into “anecdotal analytics”, e.g. preferring a persuasive narrative over reality...for a good cynical perspective from the ‘50s I recommend C.M. Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons” (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons>).
甚至是金星，就像 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons 里面写的那样（原文在此：https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51233/51233-h/51233-h.htm）。两部作品都有西里尔·康布罗斯的参与，多有才华的人啊，可惜天妒英才英年早逝。有趣的是，波尔还写了《太空商人》的续集……
Or even Venus, as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons (Text here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51233/51233-h/51233-h.htm) Both involved Cyril Kornbluth, what a great talent, taken far too soon. Interestingly, Pohl wrote a sequel to The Space Merchants…
我还想补充一句，读完《机器停转》后你应该读读康布罗斯1951年写的《蠢人的进军》。简直是神预言！读起来就像是《蠢蛋进化论》（Idiocracy）和当下这届美国政府的合体。维基百科条目是这么写的：“1988年，房地产经纪人兼骗子约翰·巴洛被置于……
I would add that after reading The Machine Stops you should read Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" from 1951. Talk about prescient! It reads like a meld of Idiocracy and the current U.S. administration. From the Wikipedia entry: "In 1988, real estate agent and con artist John Barlow is placed in…
这让我想起了康布罗斯的小说《蠢人的进军》，故事里的汽车被造得噪音极大但速度极慢，这样蠢蛋们既能得到感官刺激，又能保证安全。
This reminds me of Kornbluth's story 'The Marching Morons' where cars are made noisy but slow so the morons will be stimulated but safe.