You may have seen this animated short elsewhere, but if not, enjoy.
I was pleased to see how many references I recognized, including the mechanical monsters from the Max Fleischer cartoon where Superman first developed x-ray vision.
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.