Read Huxley. Read Postman. Read almost everything else by Orwell besides 1984. 1984 is the wrong model; will lead to strategic disaster.https://twitter.com/michikokakutani/status/825393976991678465 …
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Almost like we need new models.https://twitter.com/davidmanheim/status/827274681833054208 …
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Postman also overstates his case. News inspires genuine fear; we are not insulated and entertained. Fear is vital to Breitbart.
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Politics and the English Language one of most important things that anyone can read: 1st to help writing, 2nd to spot bullshit.
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yeah love that; the essay in Gandhi; the one on nuclear weapons. Just that 1984 is not about our model.
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Biggest difference between now and 1984 is now people volunteer to be surveilled in all kinds of ways. They don't have to be forced
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that's not a mere difference; that's a totally different model. Hence my point.
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yes, love it!
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yes! Also 1984 is a lot about truth, relation to power and truth. That gets missed too often.
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