![]() ![]() The loneliness that can come from constantly paying attention to the screens around you, rather than the life around you, is a prevalent theme in Bradbury’s work.In fact, the novel mentions that people are talking to their friends through the digital wall - the same terminology that Facebook would use years later for the digital hub that enables friends to post and see messages.Members of that futuristic society are also as obsessed with their large, flat-screen televisions as are today’s technophiles, and the viewing screens in Bradbury’s stories often take up an entire wall. ![]() The people in the “Fahrenheit 451” society sport “ seashells” and “ thimble radios,” which bear a striking resemblance to earbuds and Bluetooth headsets.Here are some of Bradbury’s more prescient predictions. His stories examined what humanity gained - and lost - by being plugged-in. ![]() Bradbury, best known for his 1953 novel “Fahrenheit 451,” used his imagination to take a hard look at a world locked in a growing love affair with technology. The literary, tech and thinking worlds are mourning the loss of Ray Bradbury, the revered science-fiction writer who died Wednesday at age 91. ![]()
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