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The song is a warning to mankind not to think technology is the answer - but it could be our downfall.
Metropolis ( the film ) in 1927 was probably the first piece of modern culture to advance this idea. If you have never seen this film then I would recommend it to you. Its vision of the future is very impressive - where humanity has split into workers below the ground and an elite in Metropolis who live in absolute luxury kept that way by machinery.