One theme of “Exhalation” is that we are all equally sentenced to death by entropy. The story takes place in a world in a chromium bubble. The people living here are pneumatically- powered machines. Among them is a scientist. He notices, what he thinks to be, the mechanical clocks running faster. After his research, he discovers the clocks aren’t running faster, but everything else is running slower. After his investigation, he discovers the air is being equalized and the men have less energy. This is slowing them down and will eventually lead to the death of the civilization as a whole. He confirms this hypothesis using the scientific process and by doing the ultimate exam, dissecting his own brain.
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