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Great explanation, but I think the commenter was alluding to the book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and the overarching theme of an entity selectively c
by judge2020 5y ago
Great explanation, but I think the commenter was alluding to the book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and the overarching theme of an entity selectively censoring speech.
- pavlov 5y agoAh. Well, computers seen as tools of centralized oppression was a pretty old theme by then. If anything, personal computers were understood as tools of liberation because for the first time you could have it all just to yourself: your data and software tools on your own hardware. (The famous “1984” Apple ad by Ridley Scott builds on these fears and hopes.)
- DonHopkins 5y agoNot just the book 1984, but also the year the Mac was released, and the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I