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."

Comments

So far...

[zerosignal]

So far, the only thing we know for certain that Orwell was wrong about was the year.

Re:So far...

[unicron]

Man, that Mac sure has come in handy in fighting off Totalitarianism over the past 18 years.

Interesting, but . . .

[StefanJ]

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Re:Orwell's impact is why 1984 didn't come true

[realdpk]

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.

[OT] Karma report.

[Black Parrot]

> Karma: Good (mostly affected by moderation done to your comments)

Since Taco insists on progressively obfuscating karma, I suggest that he go one step further and simply show you an icon of what animal you will be reincarnated as if you continue with your current karmic habits.

And of course, he should support a user preference that allows you to display your destiny with a roguelike symbol, in case you want to turn off image downloads, or brag about your karma in your .sig