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2026-05-01 08:37 UTC
For fun, here’s Isaac Asimov on 1984.
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@mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 2026-05-01 09:07
That is fea fun read
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@calmblue75@lemmy.ml 2026-05-01 16:28
Asimov’s point about pens was right too. I tried writing with my fountain pen and then with a ball pen. Guess which one made scratching noises?
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@Four_mile_circus@lemmy.ml 2026-05-03 01:31
Orwell was unable to conceive of computers or robots, or he would have placed everyone under non-human surveillance. Our own computers to some extent do this in the IRS, in credit files, and so on, but that does not take us towards 1984, except in fevered imaginations. Computers and tyranny do not necessarily go hand in hand. Tyrannies have worked very well without computers (consider the Nazis) and the most computerised nations in today’s world are also the least tyrannical. Wow. Asimov made some good points, but that one sure didn’t age well.