You reminded me of "Consciousness Explained" [0], where Dennett makes a metaphorical distinction between the Orwellian and Stalinesque approaches, such that in

You reminded me of "Consciousness Explained" [0], where Dennett makes a metaphorical distinction between the Orwellian and Stalinesque approaches, such that in the former, "wrong things" are allowed to happen and are then reconciled by changing history, while in the latter, everything is enforced and handled on the spot, before wrong information ever reaches the news [1]. I am concerned that we're headed into both dystopias at the same time, with some countries going further into the Stalinesque approach. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness_Explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness_Explained [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_drafts_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_drafts_model