It isn't so much that he was prescient, just that the things in his book were what the intellectuals of his day were discussing. His book was a way to show the pure hell that these intellectuals would create if they had their way. He also had living examples like Stalin to draw from.
Totalitarianism isn't a new thing. All Orwell did was juxtapose it with what future technology might make possible.
Y'know, I suspect all human beings are in one way or another, and of course, we don't realize it until something makes us see it. A lot of wisdom is realizing you were wrong about stuff, especially deep things, like who you really are or what it means to be happy. I think repentance usually has less to do with deciding not to do something bad anymore than with realizing how twisted something is you had assumed was okay (and seeing how much better the alternative is).
But that's kind of the point. If someone points out to you that you hold conflicting views, you should be capable of taking time to examine the views rationally and adjust yourself accordingly. Someone that actively participates in double think does not self reflect when confronted with their double think.
It’s Orwell’s “memory hole”. That dude was incredibly prescient.
It isn't so much that he was prescient, just that the things in his book were what the intellectuals of his day were discussing. His book was a way to show the pure hell that these intellectuals would create if they had their way. He also had living examples like Stalin to draw from.
Totalitarianism isn't a new thing. All Orwell did was juxtapose it with what future technology might make possible.
And yet the guy was still a socialist. He was clearly already an avid practitioner of double think.
kek
Y'know, I suspect all human beings are in one way or another, and of course, we don't realize it until something makes us see it. A lot of wisdom is realizing you were wrong about stuff, especially deep things, like who you really are or what it means to be happy. I think repentance usually has less to do with deciding not to do something bad anymore than with realizing how twisted something is you had assumed was okay (and seeing how much better the alternative is).
But that's kind of the point. If someone points out to you that you hold conflicting views, you should be capable of taking time to examine the views rationally and adjust yourself accordingly. Someone that actively participates in double think does not self reflect when confronted with their double think.
Great and very needed comment.
The Vision of the Anointed
It was the reality under Communism.
John Titor
Frank Herbert, Andrew Breitbart
Oh yeaaaah
And Mel Waters.
Aldous Huxley has to make the list I'd say.
Alex Jones