> When I read 1984 back in 1980 ... I just read it for the first time last year. I found the book incredibly frightening. It wasn't because the ideas discuss

> When I read 1984 back in 1980 ... I just read it for the first time last year. I found the book incredibly frightening. It wasn't because the ideas discussed painted a scary picture of the future. It was because the ideas painted a picture of the present. Because Orwell's dystopian vision has progressed so quickly, I'm worried we're too late to fix things. In the future, I think I'll look back and see my reading of Orwell's 1984 as a milestone that changed the course of my life. I've never in my life felt so empowered while also feeling so incredibly helpless.