Worried about losing your jobs to automation, or to computers?
Than
this story is for you!!
Dave Bartlett was an old-school pilot in the not too distant future:
Ah, but
no job is immune for obsolescence, is it?
And so Dave retires...
But just a couple of months later, a mysterious visitor arrives!
Well,
that's quite a conundrum, because none of these spoiled young pilots have the first clue how to fly manually!
Fortunately, poor Dave hasn't been forgotten!
Well, after a particularly arduous journey, Dave succeeds in the mars round trip, no doubt pleasing
Zarkorr and saving our species!
And things work out pretty well for Dave, too!
Ah, but surely there's an ironic twist coming, right?
D'oh!!
So, if you're about to lose your job,
fake an alien invasion, and everything will be all right!!
From Tales Of Suspense #35 (1962)
You didn't need Dave's excellent eyesight to see that twist coming!
ReplyDeleteEvery first contact with earth, for the next thousand years: "Hey, did Zarkorr test you guys too?" "...what?"
ReplyDeleteOh sure, the one time an alien visitor shows up and the military DOESN'T try and destroy him only to end up being completely outclassed, it turns out to be a hoax. Isn't that just the luck?
ReplyDeleteWow, tractors in 2065 look sweet!
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