Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
I was in London last week. British newspapers were classifying
home surveillance as "equivalent" to that of Russia and China.
Which is absolute and total rubbish.
What is rubbish? My report is as acurate as an eyewitness can
be :-P
As He wrote, the best quality of science fiction is portraying
such a horrible future that people will fight to prevent it.
1984 still resonates in Airstrip One.
You're trying to put the genie back into the bottle.
Who, me?
I think you might want to consider what the Brin had to say about
doing that with surveylance tech.
I know what He says. I also know what He says about "1984".
But I am discussing the scare of "1984", not the 1984-zation
of Airstrip One.
Alberto Monteiro
I'm lost, Alberto. Words of 7 syllables or less and/or linky goodness
to help me out here?
Julia
"antidisestablishmentarianism" is right out
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