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Orwell predates Black Mirror by decades. 1984 should be a must read for everyone.
by anthk 10mo ago
Orwell predates Black Mirror by decades. 1984 should be a must read for everyone.
- xnorswap 10mo agoI'd argue that makes Black Mirror more prescient. In the case of Black Mirror, it was a set of studies on the dangers of current and near technologies. That some of those fears are materialising not long after the episodes, is in my opinion more damning than Orwell's fears of the state which didn't really come to pass in the same way, even decades later. I don't disagree that Nineteen Eighty-Four is essential reading however. ( I'd also add Brave New World to that list ).
- omnimus 10mo agoWe are one renaming cycle away from renaming Department of War to Department of Love.