Comments on: ” Orwell thought we would be destroyed by the things we fear, particularly comprehensive surveillance. Huxley conjectured that we would be destroyed by the things that delight us. As it happens, we’ve wound up with both. NSA/GCHQ are doing the Orwellian stuff, while Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, Skype et al are taking care of the Huxleyan side of things.”

Comments on: ” Orwell thought we would be destroyed by the things we fear, particularly comprehensive surveillance. Huxley conjectured that we would be destroyed by the things that delight us. As it happens, we’ve wound up with both. NSA/GCHQ are doing the Orwellian stuff, while Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, Skype et al are taking care of the Huxleyan side of things.” https://old.rufoguerreschi.com/2015/02/05/orwell-thought-we-would-be-destroyed-by-the-things-we-fear-particularly-comprehensive-surveillance-huxley-conjectured-that-we-would-be-destroyed-by-the-things-that-delight-us-as-it-happens-we/ "Love of True Self and Love of Others Coincide. Love is What We Are" Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9