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I love Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul. You seem to have projected a lot onto my comment about books making broad predictions about history.
by johngossman 3y ago
I love Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul. You seem to have projected a lot onto my comment about books making broad predictions about history.
- spxneo 3y agoWhat about the book 1984? fahrenheit 451? Both accurately predicted the rise of oppressive society that attempts to eliminate all sources of complexity, contradiction, and confusion to ensure uncomplicated happiness for all its citizens by making them believe excitement is happiness and chaos, boredom and order is oppressive (ironically).
- johngossman 3y agoYes, because the west is absolutely a totalitarian dictatorship where books are burned. I love dystopian literature and sci-fi authors have sometimes done a better job of predicting the future than the academics and journalists, but neither of those books predicted the present. In fact, both were describing the past: 1984 is about Stalin; 451 is about McCarthy. If anything, you’re describing Brave New World. We don’t live in that future either.