MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong

MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong 667

Posted by chrisd on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @03:58PM from the hows-the-war-on-oceania-going dept.

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."

MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong

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So far... (Score:5, Funny)

by zerosignal ( 222614 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:02PM (#3904132) Homepage Journal

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

Re:So far... (Score:4, Funny)

by unicron ( 20286 ) writes: <unicron AT thcnet DOT net> on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:06PM (#3904180) Homepage

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

Interesting, but . . . (Score:5, Funny)

by StefanJ ( 88986 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:07PM (#3904190) Homepage Journal

[Redacted by Homeland Security Autofilter]

Bought at Radio Shack (Score:2, Funny)

by Inexile2002 ( 540368 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:13PM (#3904235) Homepage Journal

"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.

Re:Orwell's impact is why 1984 didn't come true (Score:3, Funny)

by realdpk ( 116490 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:25PM (#3904351) Homepage Journal

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.

Re:I don't know... (Score:2, Funny)

by Sebastopol ( 189276 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @04:27PM (#3904372) Homepage

"First, we'll agree that the more you know, the more powerful you are."

Bah! I could take Hawking!

[OT] Karma report. (Score:4, Funny)

by Black Parrot ( 19622 ) writes: on Wednesday July 17, 2002 @05:48PM (#3904957)

> 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

Re:[OT] Karma report. (Score:2, Funny)

by Max the Merciless ( 459901 ) writes: on Thursday July 18, 2002 @02:18AM (#3906935) Homepage

Can 50+ be a Gnu?

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So far... (Score:5, Funny)

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Interesting, but . . . (Score:5, Funny)

Bought at Radio Shack (Score:2, Funny)

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