Brave New Wolrd and Farnheit 451 with Handmaid’s Tale…I mean, even Zuckeberg with Meta is trying to be the villain ceo of Ready Play One.
Comment on Yep, you did.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Nah.
Telescreens were mandatory.
In the real world, people would voluntarily install them, and pay for the privilage of doing so.
FantasmaNaCasca@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 18 minutes ago
Now that we’re adding more dystopian books to the thread I’d like to shout out to Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye. It’s more of a totalitarian state similar to 1984 but has an aspect of truth drugs, a hot topic back then, and thought criminalization.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
Good callout to Fahrenheit 451. I think Beatty’s monologues are pretty important because they’re strongly argued. His positions aren’t wholly irrational, he has given it careful, deliberate thought for a long time. The first time I read it I recall feeling compelled and almost convinced by his arguments, which is such a beautiful way to express it. Bradbury literally argues against the existence of the book Fahrenheit 451 itself, his own competing ideas that someone else would want to erase, through Beatty’s monologues. He made a compelling argument for it, too.
Knowing how to be psychologically resilient against such arguments is important, I think.
Embargo@lemm.ee 3 hours ago
…and they line up around the block to get the new ones that can see and hear them even better. Our timeline’s version has access to our fingerprints, can identify our faces from millions of others, know our hobbies, our work schedule, our political leanings, etc, etc. We’re deep in this nightmare.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
Yeah, more like this guy was right.
Image
Every day Huxley is proven more correct than Orwell because through the magic of SOMA (addictive phones hitting dopamine rushes), people can be surrounded with the truth and completely ignore it, and as you said, pay for the privilege of being lied to because it feels nice.
Huxley understood our desires could break us more than our hate.
I can’t find it, but I recall an interview with Zizek around when Snowden dropped his leaks, and it was about how it really changed nothing, and he was noting how the revelations of torture had changed nothing either. He thought disclosure was a moot point now, society was checked out. He was right.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Image
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It seems to me that they were both right. If I didn’t know better, I’d be inclined to think that the wealthy and powerful used their works as a roadmap instead of a warning.
FantasmaNaCasca@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Image