1999 - automation, total welfare, and weekends on the moon.or an overcrowded world that knows that the dawn of the new century is the edge of disaster - a world of starving billions living on lentils, soya beans and - if...1999 - automation, total welfare, and weekends on the moon.or an overcrowded world that knows that the dawn of the new century is the edge of disaster - a world of starving billions living on lentils, soya beans and - if they're lucky - the odd starving rat.