Thursday, September 25, 2008

have you read 1984 lately?


thanks for joining us for part 2 in the 1984 series...
this time we are astonished to tell you the government has 
come up with a cheery little program appropriately named
in case you haven't read 1984 (in which case i will give you a copy)
geoge orwell imagines a future where the controlling power
can predict when you will commit a crime, or worse
think a crime... hence...

crimethink - To even consider any thought not in line with the principles of Ingsoc. Doubting any of the principles of Ingsoc. All crimes begin with a thought. So, if you control thought, you can control crime. "Thoughtcrime is death. Thoughtcrime does not entail death, Thoughtcrime is death.... The essential crime that contains all others in itself."
see the whole newspeak dictionary here


actual picture of the program reading "hostile thoughts"
read the whole pre-crime detection article here on newscientist

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