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It's not clear to you how standard business practices aren't some sort of Google-specific Orwellian new-speak?
by altgoogler 5y ago
It's not clear to you how standard business practices aren't some sort of Google-specific Orwellian new-speak?
- beepbooptheory 5y agoWell I don't know about OP but, no, its not clear to me! Or at least, I don't know about the Orwell parallel precisely here, but this way of thinking/speaking is very weird to me, however much its "business as usual." Can't really critique it, but you can't tell me its not a weird view of the world!
- playpause 5y agoMany people would consider that particular business practice a bit Orwellian, however standard. And it’s especially so when the business in question is a global megagiant that’s so deeply integrated into our lives. The comparison with Newspeak is just a blindingly obvious literary reference. Do you genuinely not see it? If so I urge you to read the article again and try to imagine you don’t work at Google.