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> Almost 100 years ago he foresaw how the cultural offerings of society get commodified and chopped into bite sized chunks for each individual to receive theirs. He did not forsee us taking it this far, nor the addictive nature of the consumption though.

Ray Bradbury did anticipate all of that in Farenheit 451, including the addictive nature of it.

I read Farenheit 451 in 2010, and I was shocked to see that he had anticipated Twitter, but his predictions didn't stop there and he also anticipated that the next step would be what is now Tik Tok.

In The book, what happens after?
Books are forbidden, book readers are prosecuted and their collection is burned down by “firefighters”.