1923
Selekoa’s 3 records dated 1923, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 3 records
Dated to 1923 only
· event · dated to the year
In the English version of R. U. R. (1923), when the Robots arm themselves against the factory’s managers, the general manager Domin says, “We can’t stop them.” Evidence ↗· event · dated to the year
In the English version of R. U. R. (1923), Domin says that all work will be done by living machines, and tells Helena that the Robots are mechanically more perfect than people and have an enormously developed intelligence, but no soul. Evidence ↗· event · dated to the year
In the English version of Karel Čapek’s play R. U. R. (1923), the Robots’ leader Radius proclaims that the power of man has fallen and that a new world, the rule of the Robots, has arisen; a manifesto read earlier in the play says the Robots are more highly developed than man, stronger and more intelligent. Evidence ↗