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MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong
nakhla writes "MIT's Technology Review is running an interesting article entitled Who's Afraid of 1984? The article talks about Orwell's famous work, and examines how Orwell's view of technology's impact on freedom and democracy was flawed. The article points out that, in fact, freedom and democracy were strengthened by technological innovations, and addresses its affect on Stalinism and Nazism. An interestng read for those who are worried about technology's impact on our generation and beyond."
So far, the only thing we know for certain that Orwell was wrong about was the year.
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"Many of the GPS receivers used in Desert Storm were bought at Radio Shack."
Oh sigh, I used to work retail electronic sales and dream about some guy in fatigues walking in and saying "Do you have 183,000 of these in stock? When can you have them in by?"
And the military guys always go for the extended warrantee and the spare battery plus cleaning kit.
This is still something that would have been predicted by psychohistory - the release of the book and the delay it would create in the inevitability.
er, I've been reading too many books.
"First, we'll agree that the more you know, the more powerful you are."
Bah! I could take Hawking!
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