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I personally think that personal computing, computing in general and the Internet/Web has moved us far far away from Orwell's nightmare world. For even a tiny
by zandorg 17y ago
I personally think that personal computing, computing in general and the Internet/Web has moved us far far away from Orwell's nightmare world.
For even a tiny example, logistics software allowing transport costs to plummet and more products deliverable.
And yes, I've read 1984 and various books on Stalin and the Soviets.
- eru 17y agoInterestingly one can imagine the book's Oceania to resemble North Korea. I.e. it's "just" an isolated dictatorship in England; the image conveyed of the rest of the world is just propaganda.
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- bitwize 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=585153 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=585153 Cereal Killer respectfully disagrees.
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- zandorg 17y ago"I used to work for a company" Note highlights... Company, not government. That's data protection, not politics.
- briansmith 17y agoThe companies readily turn it over to the government.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agothe government is a corporation. it's just a corporation with a monopoly on protection and really good marketing (how many people will die for apple?)
- dan_the_welder 17y ago"(how many people will die for apple?)" On certain message boards....all of them.