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otoh, 1984 *was* a manual.
Eric "George Orwell" Blair was a British Government Propagandist and his wife was an Official Censor.
Huxley's "Brave New World" was a better predictor. Huxley was also a fan of Jacques Ellul. Why care? Ellul's "The Technological Society" was what Uncle Ted considered "his Bible".
Ellul is is considered the inspiration behind the Neo-Luddite movement, something people here could probably empathyze with.
it's one of my pet topics since I was introduced to Ellul - who is an ex-Marxist turned Christian when the scales were lifted from his eyes. It is a fascinating read and really changed my perspective. That itself was a little galling as I was on a Data Science Masters at the time.
Eric "George Orwell" Blair was a British Government Propagandist and his wife was an Official Censor.
Huxley's "Brave New World" was a better predictor. Huxley was also a fan of Jacques Ellul. Why care? Ellul's "The Technological Society" was what Uncle Ted considered "his Bible".
Ellul is is considered the inspiration behind the Neo-Luddite movement, something people here could probably empathyze with.
I'm too lazy to find a better link than wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Luddism