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1984 is a book and movie that many people from East could relate to, as it shows how dictatorships can control our actions and thoughts. This story is a must read/watch because its themes are still relevant today. In our digital world, where surveillance and control are growing concerns, Orwell’s vision warns us about the dangers of losing our privacy and freedom. The novel offers a chilling critique of totalitarianism and the dangers of unchecked power. Despite its bleak tone, the compelling narrative and enduring relevance of its themes make it a must-read for anyone interested in political and social commentary. Orwell’s masterful portrayal of a dystopian future serves as a powerful warning about the potential consequences of sacrificing freedom for security.
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@roguehax.eth i didn't forget mate lol
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Don’t you think it’s trivial now? It’s like Mona Lisa, everyone knows the idea without reading. If book doesn’t teach you something fresh it’s not worth reading. Also the whole concept of totalitarianism as defined by political science is problematic and political in itself.
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Even though Orwell might not have foreseen the Internet-era surveillance that would be unleashed on most of us, he did understand the intrinsic nature of human behavior, and that nature lends itself towards surveillance. It wants to know what others are doing. It needs to know what others are doing, and that is the basis for most of its control.I think privacy has always been hard-fought, and I think that privacy was not something that early mankind had access to. For a moment there, we thought we had a choice, but with the advent of the Internet, digitization, nodes, networks, and interconnectedness, privacy is going to be as difficult for us as it was for those 100,000 years ago. PS. Love the book. PPS: this https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/t-magazine/myanmar-george-orwell.html
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