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2003-06-26

George Orwell's 100th birthday

Yesterday was his birthday and the New York Times published a commemorative article, The Road to Oceania by William Gibson.

This is not to say that Orwell failed in any way, but rather that he succeeded. '1984' remains one of the quickest and most succinct routes to the core realities of 1948. If you wish to know an era, study its most lucid nightmares. In the mirrors of our darkest fears, much will be revealed. But don't mistake those mirrors for road maps to the future, or even to the present.


We've missed the train to Oceania, and live today with stranger problems.


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