Dystopian Visions: The Cold Equations

A cautionary tale

This story was published seventy years ago — in 1954. Like all good science fiction, it’s still relevant today — perhaps even more so than when it was first published.

Ever since the idea of just-in-time inventories was invented, I have thought that ‘just-in-time’ was a bonkers idea. It makes sense only if you assume that there is never going to be a maj…