2 short stories by Kurt Vonnegut

We're discussing 2 very short stories. ~16 pages total.

The stories are in the links below, but you can search for different sources if you want.

Story 1: Harrison Bergeron
~6 pages
It is the year 2081, and everyone is finally equal—enforced by state-mandated physical and mental handicaps that dumb down the brilliant and weigh down the strong.
Link 1: https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron_djvu.txt
Same story, different link: https://rawlinshchs.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/3/2/57325335/harrison_bergeron_text.pdf

Story 2: 2BR02B
~10 pages
In a future where aging is cured and population control is strictly enforced, you can only bring a new life into the world if someone else volunteers to leave it.
https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/2br02b.pdf
or
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21279/21279-h/21279-h.htm

In future events, we'll work our way up to heavy tomes like Infinite Jest or The Book of the New Sun, or whatever the group votes on.