A thought I have a lot these days: Huxley and Vonnegut > Orwell's 1984. Almost everything else Orwell wrote on politics and/or war > 1984.
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Orwell's essays most applicable to digital tech isn't 1984; it's his reflections on Gandhi and his piece on nuclear weapons.
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Yes. But that part isn't about digital technology and surveillance. https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/819955677183561730 …
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Some secrecy/surveil is needed by govt, but the extremes of 1984 sows the seed that all secrecy/surveil, all govt is evil. IMO.
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1984 was about the dangers of a media monopoly whereas we're more like the 20 Minutes into the Future world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZY-yQYVf38 …
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most people read Brave Mew World and/or Slaughterhouse 5 in school as well, don't they?
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