The Last Question
http://physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf
Asimov’s story about our future where computers understand the realities we are faced with better than we do. Right now, we have complexity we understand but choose to ignore. This is about a different time – ignorance is not an option but a forced state.
I had linked to it earlier and dug it up to share with a friend. I ended up reading it again finding it as fascinating as I did the first time.