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R.U.R. Wikipedia

R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play in the Czech language by Karel Čapek.

Young Rossum invented a worker with the minimum amount of requirements. He had to simplify him.  He rejected everything that did not contribute directly to the progress of work.  He rejected everything that makes man more expensive.  In fact, he rejected man and made the Robot. 

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