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“We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party, and that you are involved in it. We want to join it and work for it. We are enemies of the Party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc. We are thought-criminals. We are also adulterers. I tell you this because we want to put ourselves
... See moreGeorge Orwell • 1984
“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted.
Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up
— Aldous Huxley
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Comprenant ce qui se passait sous Staline, George Orwell s’en fit largement l’écho. En 1945, malgré une résistance acharnée contre la sortie du livre, il publia La Ferme des animaux, une fable faisant la satire de l’Union soviétique.
