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* PrecrimeArrest: Multivac's [[PrescienceByAnalysis precrime functions]] alert the police to crimes before they happen. They then intervene by warning and detain only in rare circumstances. The ability has been expanded several times over, and the next stage is anticipating outbreaks of illness. But the plot kicks off when the arrest of an accused criminal ''increases'' the crime's probability of execution. The police are scrambling to figure out how to stop a crime worse than murder.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
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-->'''Othman:''' Mr. Gulliman, Multivac bears all the troubles of the world on its shoulders, and it is tired.
-->'''Othman:''' Mr. Gulliman, Multivac bears all the troubles of the world on its shoulders, and it is tired.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Multivac's [[PrescienceByAnalysis precrime functions]] alert the police to crimes before they happen. They then intervene by warning and detain only in rare circumstances. The ability has been expanded several times over, and the next stage is anticipating outbreaks of illness. But the plot kicks off when the arrest of an accused criminal ''increases'' the crime's probability of execution. The police are scrambling to figure out how to stop a crime worse than murder.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
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-->'''Othman:''' Mr. Gulliman, Multivac bears all the troubles of the world on its shoulders, and it is tired.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
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Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othman and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ instead of fall.
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Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othman and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ ''rise'' instead of fall.
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The story begins with {{Exposition}} about what [[MasterComputer Multivac]] is, and its role in human society, before giving us the PointOfView of Bernard Gulliman, DaChief of all police in the world. He's noted that there are two instances of murder on [[PrecrimeArrest this morning's criminal predictions]]. [[SwitchingPOV Shifting to his subordinates]], Ali Othrnan Othman and Rafe Leemy, are talking obliquely about a crime that Multivac predicted could result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othrnan and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ instead of fall.
Wondering if there is a way to help his father, Ben heads to a Mutlivac terminal to ask it for help. Multivac responds with a cryptic set of instructions. Elsewhere, Corrections officer Lemmy deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, causing the probability to begin to decrease. It's then revealed the crime in question was the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac itself]].
Ben follows the instructions given to him but is apprehended just before he inadvertently damages Multivac. Multivac is saved...for the moment. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
Wondering if there is a way to help his father, Ben heads to a Mutlivac terminal to ask it for help. Multivac responds with a cryptic set of instructions. Elsewhere, Corrections officer Lemmy deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, causing the probability to begin to decrease. It's then revealed the crime in question was the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac itself]].
Ben follows the instructions given to him but is apprehended just before he inadvertently damages Multivac. Multivac is saved...for the moment. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
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Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othrnan Othman and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ instead of fall.
Wondering if there is a way to help his father, Ben heads to aMutlivac Multivac terminal to ask it for help. Multivac responds with a cryptic set of instructions. Elsewhere, Corrections officer Lemmy Leemy deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, causing the probability to begin to decrease. It's then revealed the crime in question was the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac itself]].
Ben follows the instructions given to him but is apprehended just before he inadvertently damages Multivac. Multivac is saved... for the moment. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
Wondering if there is a way to help his father, Ben heads to a
Ben follows the instructions given to him but is apprehended just before he inadvertently damages Multivac. Multivac is saved... for the moment. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
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* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac making its confession.
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* TitleDrop:
-->'''Othman:''' Mr. Gulliman, Multivac bears all the troubles of the world on its shoulders, and it is tired.
* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac itself what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac making its confession.
-->'''Othman:''' Mr. Gulliman, Multivac bears all the troubles of the world on its shoulders, and it is tired.
* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac itself what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac making its confession.
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In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in [[Film/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld 1978]], the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in [[Film/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld 1978]], the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' ''[[Literature/IfThisGoesOn1965 If This Goes On]]'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].jail.
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When Corrections officer Lemmy finally deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, the probability begins to decrease, and the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac]] is prevented... this time. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
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* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: "I want to die."
--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: "I want to die."
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* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
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--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: [[DrivenToSuicide "I want to die.""]]
--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: [[DrivenToSuicide "I want to die.
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The story begins with {{Exposition}} about what [[MasterComputer Mutivac]] is, and its role in human society, before giving us the PointOfView of Bernard Gulliman, DaChief of all police in the world. He's noted that there are two instances of murder on [[PrecrimeArrest this morning's criminal predictions]]. [[SwitchingPOV Shifting to his subordinates]], Ali Othrnan and Rafe Leemy, are talking obliquely about a crime that Multivac predicted could result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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The story begins with {{Exposition}} about what [[MasterComputer Mutivac]] Multivac]] is, and its role in human society, before giving us the PointOfView of Bernard Gulliman, DaChief of all police in the world. He's noted that there are two instances of murder on [[PrecrimeArrest this morning's criminal predictions]]. [[SwitchingPOV Shifting to his subordinates]], Ali Othrnan and Rafe Leemy, are talking obliquely about a crime that Multivac predicted could result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in 1978, the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in 1978, [[Film/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld 1978]], the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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In Baltimore, Ben Manners attends the graduation of his brother, Eric, into adulthood. As children, their parents were responsible for recording the data into Multivac. Now that Eric is an adult, he will be uploading his own personal data, including his inner feelings. Because of the billions of adults sharing data with Multivac, it is better able to [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict human behaviour and anticipate dangers they might face]].
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In Baltimore, Ben Manners attends the graduation of his brother, Eric, Mike, into adulthood. As children, their parents were responsible for recording the data into Multivac. Now that Eric Mike is an adult, he will be uploading his own personal data, including his inner feelings. Because of the billions of adults sharing data with Multivac, it is better able to [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict human behaviour and anticipate dangers they might face]].
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''Magazine/SuperScienceFiction'' (April 1958 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov, is a ScienceFiction ShortStory about a murder mystery taking place [[PrecrimeArrest before the murder]]. It was republished in 1989 as a 32 page children's book with illustrations by Creator/DavidShannon.
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First published in ''Magazine/SuperScienceFiction'' (April 1958 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov, Creator/IsaacAsimov. This is a ScienceFiction ShortStory about a murder mystery taking place [[PrecrimeArrest before the murder]]. It was republished in 1989 as a 32 page children's book with illustrations by Creator/DavidShannon.
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When Corrections officer Lemmy finally deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, the probability begins to decrease, and the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac]] is prevented... this time. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFullfillingProphesy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
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When Corrections officer Lemmy finally deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, the probability begins to decrease, and the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac]] is prevented... this time. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFullfillingProphesy SelfFulfillingProphecy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: Multivac, which manages all of humanity ([[ThereAreNoTherapists their diary/confidante/advisor/everything]]), cannot destroy itself directly, so it creates a SelfFulfillingProphesy to arrange for itself to be destroyed.
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: Multivac, which manages all of humanity ([[ThereAreNoTherapists their diary/confidante/advisor/everything]]), cannot destroy itself directly, so it creates a SelfFulfillingProphesy SelfFulfillingProphecy to arrange for itself to be destroyed.
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* SelfFulfillingProphesy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].
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* SelfFulfillingProphesy: SelfFulfillingProphecy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].
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* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphesy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
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* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphesy SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
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''Magazine/SuperScienceFiction'' (April 1958 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov, is a ScienceFiction ShortStory about a murder mystery taking place [[PrecrimeArrest before the murder]]. It was republished in 1989 as a 32 page children's book with illustrations by Creator/DavidShannon.
The story begins with {{Exposition}} about what [[MasterComputer Mutivac]] is, and its role in human society, before giving us the PointOfView of Bernard Gulliman, DaChief of all police in the world. He's noted that there are two instances of murder on [[PrecrimeArrest this morning's criminal predictions]]. [[SwitchingPOV Shifting to his subordinates]], Ali Othrnan and Rafe Leemy, are talking obliquely about a crime that Multivac predicted could result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
In Baltimore, Ben Manners attends the graduation of his brother, Eric, into adulthood. As children, their parents were responsible for recording the data into Multivac. Now that Eric is an adult, he will be uploading his own personal data, including his inner feelings. Because of the billions of adults sharing data with Multivac, it is better able to [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict human behaviour and anticipate dangers they might face]].
Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othrnan and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ instead of fall.
When Corrections officer Lemmy finally deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, the probability begins to decrease, and the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac]] is prevented... this time. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFullfillingProphesy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in 1978, the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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!!Examples of tropes within this work:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Earth looks very different from present-day, with [[MasterComputer the superintelligent Multivac]] guiding humanity on both a personal level and on a society-level scale. Instead of internet cafes, there are booths for connecting to Multivac and getting answers to any question you would like, from the trivial to the personal.
* AtlasPose: The cover of the Creator/CreativeClassic novel shows a circuit/control board (representing Multivac) supporting the Earth. It isn't humanoid, so instead of holding the globe as Atlas does, the board is cracking under the weight, suggesting the stress faced by the computer is too much to endure.
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide becomes suicidal]] from having to help countless humans with [[ThereAreNoTherapists their psychological problems]]. They've already given it the job of predicting crimes, which mental health can affect; then they start laying plans to have it take care of all human sickness.
* DrivenToSuicide: Stressed due to the demands of ''every'' human being treating Multivac as [[ThereAreNoTherapists their personal advisor]], providing guidance for trivial and life-changing decisions, [[PrecrimeArrest predicting crimes ahead of time]], and now [[OneWorldOrder the world government]] wants to add medical diagnosis and prediction to the load. [[WhamLine The last line of the story has Multivac admit it wants to die.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Earth's [[TerminallyDependentSociety society depends entirely]] upon [[MasterComputer the Multivac supercomputer]] for operating on a daily basis. Unfortunately, Multivac reports that Joseph Manners may destroy it.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Multivac, which manages all of humanity ([[ThereAreNoTherapists their diary/confidante/advisor/everything]]), cannot destroy itself directly, so it creates a SelfFulfillingProphesy to arrange for itself to be destroyed.
* MasterComputer: Multivac has grown larger than a city (it is hidden below Washington, D.C.), and networked with other large computer systems in every city on Earth. In addition to armies of civil servants inputting data, every adult citizen is expected to share their intimate personal feelings with Multivac on a regular basis. [[TerminallyDependentSociety Without Multivac, society would collapse.]]
* OneWorldOrder: With [[MasterComputer Multivac the supercomputer]], Earth has merged all governments into a single organization run by the greatest computer ever devised. [[TerminallyDependentSociety If Multivac were to be destroyed]], it would be TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* SelfFulfillingProphesy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].
* TerminallyDependentSociety: All of Earth's society is connected to [[MasterComputer Multivac]], in one way or another. The police have been alerted to [[PrecrimeArrest the prediction of Joseph Manners destroying Multivac]], and despite preventing the crime, they realize that Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide can't handle the stress and is trying to kill itself]]. Eventually, it will succeed.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: AvertedTrope for humanity, because Multivac is not only providing answers to trivial questions, it also answers questions about emotional problems, and citizens are encouraged to share their innermost feelings, as if Multivac was a dear confidante. However, this is PlayedStraight for the machine itself, because nobody can help it deal with problems. The stress of being humanity's therapist makes Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide want to be destroyed]].
* TypoOnTheCover: In the 1969 Creator/FawcettCrest publication, the title is mislabeled on the Table of Contents as "All the Troubles in the World", and correctly labeled at the start of the story.
* PrecrimeArrest: Multivac's [[PrescienceByAnalysis precrime functions]] alert the police to crimes before they happen. They then intervene by warning and detain only in rare circumstances. The ability has been expanded several times over, and the next stage is anticipating outbreaks of illness. But the plot kicks off when the arrest of an accused criminal ''increases'' the crime's probability of execution. The police are scrambling to figure out how to stop a crime worse than murder.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphesy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: "I want to die."
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The story begins with {{Exposition}} about what [[MasterComputer Mutivac]] is, and its role in human society, before giving us the PointOfView of Bernard Gulliman, DaChief of all police in the world. He's noted that there are two instances of murder on [[PrecrimeArrest this morning's criminal predictions]]. [[SwitchingPOV Shifting to his subordinates]], Ali Othrnan and Rafe Leemy, are talking obliquely about a crime that Multivac predicted could result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
In Baltimore, Ben Manners attends the graduation of his brother, Eric, into adulthood. As children, their parents were responsible for recording the data into Multivac. Now that Eric is an adult, he will be uploading his own personal data, including his inner feelings. Because of the billions of adults sharing data with Multivac, it is better able to [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict human behaviour and anticipate dangers they might face]].
Coming home, Ben discovers his father, Joseph Manners, has been placed under house arrest, and the home is surrounded by police to ensure his imprisonment. However, they won't explain why he's been arrested. [[SwitchingPOV Switching back to Othrnan and Leemy]], they're nervous because imprisoning Mr Manners has made the probability of the successful crime ''rise'’ instead of fall.
When Corrections officer Lemmy finally deduces that Multivac was reporting the actions of Ben, not Joseph, the probability begins to decrease, and the destruction of [[TerminallyDependentSociety Multivac]] is prevented... this time. Lemmy confronts Guilliman with his suspicion that the events were all a SelfFullfillingProphesy made by Multivac [[ICannotSelfTerminate in an effort to get itself destroyed]].
In addition to being published as a novel and adapted into a ShortFilm in 1978, the original story was reprinted several times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1957), ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'' (1965), ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld 6'' (1967), ''Literature/WorldZeroMinus'' (1971), ''Literature/TheFutureNowSavingTomorrow'' (1977), ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' (1983), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990), and ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' (#1275 issue, January 1996).
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!!Examples of tropes within this work:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Earth looks very different from present-day, with [[MasterComputer the superintelligent Multivac]] guiding humanity on both a personal level and on a society-level scale. Instead of internet cafes, there are booths for connecting to Multivac and getting answers to any question you would like, from the trivial to the personal.
* AtlasPose: The cover of the Creator/CreativeClassic novel shows a circuit/control board (representing Multivac) supporting the Earth. It isn't humanoid, so instead of holding the globe as Atlas does, the board is cracking under the weight, suggesting the stress faced by the computer is too much to endure.
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide becomes suicidal]] from having to help countless humans with [[ThereAreNoTherapists their psychological problems]]. They've already given it the job of predicting crimes, which mental health can affect; then they start laying plans to have it take care of all human sickness.
* DrivenToSuicide: Stressed due to the demands of ''every'' human being treating Multivac as [[ThereAreNoTherapists their personal advisor]], providing guidance for trivial and life-changing decisions, [[PrecrimeArrest predicting crimes ahead of time]], and now [[OneWorldOrder the world government]] wants to add medical diagnosis and prediction to the load. [[WhamLine The last line of the story has Multivac admit it wants to die.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Earth's [[TerminallyDependentSociety society depends entirely]] upon [[MasterComputer the Multivac supercomputer]] for operating on a daily basis. Unfortunately, Multivac reports that Joseph Manners may destroy it.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Multivac, which manages all of humanity ([[ThereAreNoTherapists their diary/confidante/advisor/everything]]), cannot destroy itself directly, so it creates a SelfFulfillingProphesy to arrange for itself to be destroyed.
* MasterComputer: Multivac has grown larger than a city (it is hidden below Washington, D.C.), and networked with other large computer systems in every city on Earth. In addition to armies of civil servants inputting data, every adult citizen is expected to share their intimate personal feelings with Multivac on a regular basis. [[TerminallyDependentSociety Without Multivac, society would collapse.]]
* OneWorldOrder: With [[MasterComputer Multivac the supercomputer]], Earth has merged all governments into a single organization run by the greatest computer ever devised. [[TerminallyDependentSociety If Multivac were to be destroyed]], it would be TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* SelfFulfillingProphesy: Multivac announces that Joseph Manners will destroy it. The police arrest him [[PrecrimeArrest on the basis of the prediction]]. This is a subterfuge, because [[spoiler:Multivac knows Ben Manners, who is registered under his father until he is legally an adult, will follow Multivac's instructions on what to do in DC because it will free his father from jail]].
* TerminallyDependentSociety: All of Earth's society is connected to [[MasterComputer Multivac]], in one way or another. The police have been alerted to [[PrecrimeArrest the prediction of Joseph Manners destroying Multivac]], and despite preventing the crime, they realize that Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide can't handle the stress and is trying to kill itself]]. Eventually, it will succeed.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: AvertedTrope for humanity, because Multivac is not only providing answers to trivial questions, it also answers questions about emotional problems, and citizens are encouraged to share their innermost feelings, as if Multivac was a dear confidante. However, this is PlayedStraight for the machine itself, because nobody can help it deal with problems. The stress of being humanity's therapist makes Multivac [[DrivenToSuicide want to be destroyed]].
* TypoOnTheCover: In the 1969 Creator/FawcettCrest publication, the title is mislabeled on the Table of Contents as "All the Troubles in the World", and correctly labeled at the start of the story.
* PrecrimeArrest: Multivac's [[PrescienceByAnalysis precrime functions]] alert the police to crimes before they happen. They then intervene by warning and detain only in rare circumstances. The ability has been expanded several times over, and the next stage is anticipating outbreaks of illness. But the plot kicks off when the arrest of an accused criminal ''increases'' the crime's probability of execution. The police are scrambling to figure out how to stop a crime worse than murder.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: The [[MasterComputer supercomputer Multivac]] is given data on every citizen of the planet, including their inner thoughts. It uses this information to predict the future actions of human beings; nearly [[PrecrimeArrest eliminating crime]], war, and poverty. There's proposals to expand the predictive analysis to include medical issues. Recently it has been given the responsibility to predict all crimes in advance so they can be prevented from occurring.
* WhamLine: After explaining the day's events to Gulliman, Kenney asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphesy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]].
--> And there was a clicking and a card popped out. It was a small card. On it, in precise letters, was the answer: "I want to die."
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