E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” closely relates to our society today. In the short story, what is left of their society is a broken world controlled by one singular machine. As our own world progresses into this new era filled with the internet and social media, people are slowly becoming more glued to their cellular devices and less involved with other people. This can be compared to the story, as Vashti refuses to see Kuno because they can easily communicate with each other through the Machine. I personally thought that the specific part where Kuno longs to see his mother can be very relatable to kids in our own world. Vashti thinks that it is enough to only talk to her son through a mechanical device, whereas Kuno demands a face to face interaction, even though it is highly risky, because their society took advantage of The Machine so heavily, leaving their own world to rot. Like many children to their parents in reality, many kids feel the longing need to see their family, but only to have their parents give the excuse that they must work, and that communication can be easily done through any video call app, such as FaceTime or Skype. In the story, the reader can see how in the end, as people take advantage of The Machine, the human race deteriorates and the world ends up crumbling apart. If we ourselves cannot control the way we utilize the advantageous tools we have, we are set up for the same fate. A similar example can be the way people rely on cars that consume gas to get from place to place. We consciously send gasses into the air, depleting our ozone layer one step at a time. The same can be applied for factories and any other unit that releases toxic gas in the air. The way that our society uses the internet/electronic devices to complete everyday tasks can lead humans to become dependent on the internet, rather than only referring to it as an assisting aide. Many things that come with the age of the internet come with many advantages yes, but if used in a manipulative manner that controls everyone’s lives, it can very easily lead to the world’s destruction, relating to the same ending as “The Machine Stops”.