Mars Inc

A long time ago I read a science fiction story called Mars Inc. It was about a man who paid some scientists to develop all this micro-miniaturized stuff to induce humans to work together. You know “the Martians are coming and how can we compete”?
I was fascinated by the idea of storing a jukebox full of tunes in a bit the size of a sugar cube.
With the iPhone and other such products in hand or on the way science fiction has become a reality. Except for the Martians.
If any one knows the author of Mars Inc. please leave a comment. Better yet is the story on the ‘net?
Commenter Bert Wiener says the story is ‘The Martian Shoppe’ by Howard Fast. You can read it here.
Cross Posted at Power and Control and at The Astute Bloggers


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  1. triticale Avatar

    The technology to induce people to work together was available on a suger cube 40 years ago. Now they’ve miniaturized it to where it fits on a narrow strip if blotter paper.