The Feeling of Power, by Isaac Asimov / Into the Comet, by Arthur Clarke – Plot and Review
In this video I present two stories in which characters solve technological problems by reverting to “primitive” technologies. In “The Feeling of Power”, our main story, Isaac Asimov presents a world which has forgotten the use of pen-and-paper arithmetic and the power it gives characters the simple fact this knowledge is relearned. And in “Into the Comet”, Arthur Clarke shows a revolutionary use of a Japanese abacus.
Links
Read “The Feeling of Power” here:
https://urbigenous.net/library/power....
Read “Into the Comet” here:
https://beadsonawire.weebly.com/arthu...
The Feeling of Power - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fee...
Into the Comet – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_th...
Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_(...)
The Feeling of Power, a Short Story by Isaac Asimov
https://meanderingminstrel.wordpress....
Picture credits
If “Worlds of Science Fiction” picture
Source: Wikipedia – Public domain
Robot Dreams picture
Source: Wikipedia – fair use
Arithmetic image
Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash
Music
Royalty free music from Bensound – www.bensound.com