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"I think most people don’t want this 1984 vision of the future, where everyone is geared up 16 hours a day." I assume the author means the book '1984' by Georg
by mosselman 8y ago
"I think most people don’t want this 1984 vision of the future, where everyone is geared up 16 hours a day."
I assume the author means the book '1984' by George Orwell and I come to the conclusion that the author has never read the book and does not know what it is about. Not every dystopian story is 1984. A far more logical reference would have been to 'Ready Player One' by Ernest Cline which is in fact about a dystopia in which people _are_ 'geared up' all the time.
I recommend both books, the first is a work of genius and is, sadly, very relevant today and the second because it is very entertaining and might offer insights into the development of VR in the near future.
- beobab 8y agoLiterary warning: The first book shocked me to the core of my being, and I wept genuine tears of sorrow and grief; The second had me cheering the hero on. It's a great action book with loads of geekery and nerdness from my childhood. My recommendation: Read 1984 first, so you have good feelings to end on.
- aeorgnoieang 8y ago"1984" also just means 'dystopian'. It's not always a literal reference to that specific work.
- mung 8y agoI think it really only means 'dystopian' to people who have not read 1984. Otherwise there is a perfectly good word:'dystopian'.
- aeorgnoieang 8y ago'1984' is a particular type of dystopian; it has specific connotations, associations, etc.