The Feeling of Power (Asimov, 1958)
irdc
25 points
9 comments
August 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
irdc
Oops, link got munged. Should be: https://archive.org/details/1958-02_IF/page/4/mode/2up
HelloUsername
Previous discussion 09.nov.2009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=931273 32 comments
aghuang
Would like to know the thoughts of others around this book who are looking at this in 2026 vs 2009.
thriving_earthw
Epub version is 170mb — is there an easy way to compress or download in a format I can send to an e-reader?
alabut
Reminds me of the Butlerian Jihad in Dune and how the anti-ai revolt led to the rise of human thinking machines. They're the ones that roll back their eyes in the movies when they're calculating.