Tag Archives: George Orwell

Steve Russell : Big Brother in the Data Mines

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Cover of the first Signet Classics edition of George Orwell’s 1984. Image from Vintage Paperback Archive. We’re talking yottabytes here: Big Brother in the data mines We’ve been living for some time in the world set out in Moore’s Law, which … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading →

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FILM / Ed Felien : Big Brother With a Dash of ‘Salt’

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt: She takes it into her own hands.Ignorance is Strength:Perhaps we need a little ‘Salt’! By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / September 3, 2010 How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged … Continue reading →

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Note from Big Brother : Room 101, Meet Zubaydah’s Box

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

‘…you will actually place a harmless insect in the box, such as a caterpillar.’The Obvious Comparison By Hilzoy / April 16, 2009 OLC memo of August 1, 2002, signed by Jay Bybee: “You would like to place Zubaydah in a … Continue reading →

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What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm.‘”I think he would have been a blogger,” said Jean Seaton, a professor at the University of Westminster in London’By Noam Cohen / August 24, 2008 See George Orwell’s “post” for August 25, … Continue reading →

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