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Episode 46: Exploring Tomorrow - The Happiness Effect
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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. Today we will travel to 1958 and a mostly unknown show called Exploring Tomorrow. This show, despite having limited remaining episodes, featured only the finest science fiction writers of the time. All stories are taken directly from the pages of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, and the show is hosted by the magazine's editor, John Campbell. The magazine is still in print today in the form of Analog Science Fiction Science Fact if you enjoy these types of stories.
In this episode we will travel to a quiet little town where the local doctor has made sure that everyone is happy. How? Well by rewriting their brains of course. But is it ethical to manipulate people's emotions in this way?
All is well until a newcomer enters the town to stay a little while, someone with normal emotions, someone who is not always happy. This raises questions about the consequences of a society where people are made to be constantly happy. What happens when someone with different emotions enters the equation? Well, let us travel back 64 years to February 5th, 1958, with Exploring Tomorrow's - The Happiness Effect.
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