Orwellian Future / Orwellian Present?

Beware the savage jaw. The Fool Scoop breaks down George Orwell’s 1984, one of the most impactful dystopian novels ever written. We look at the many ways Orwell’s novel tried to warn against overreach and propaganda by exploring the similarities (and differences) modern society has with the world of 1984 through the exploration of modern technology and rewriting history.

Here are the links to the Stories in this episode:

• Orwell’s '1984' Named Most-Stolen Book in Russia in 2023
• Linux System Based on Cyber Security for Mobile
• Are our phones listening to us? - BBC News
• I Interviewed Workers From The Miami Alien Mall (Bayside Marketplace)
• 'Ready Player One' to Be Turned Into Massive Metaverse Experience (variety.com)
• Apple Vision Pro - VR / AR Headset
• 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial (HD)
• [Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive#:~:text=Edits have been made to,now described as “enormous”.)
• How history textbooks reflect America’s refusal to reckon with slavery - Vox
• Teaching about and the Holocaust in German schools – DW – 11/08/2023
• [Scientists were reportedly able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct images solely from people's brain activity with over 75% accuracy for the first time ever.](https://petapixel.com/2023/12/04/ai-can-recreate-images-from-human-brain-waves-with-over-75-accuracy/#:~:text=PetaPixel-,AI Can Recreate Images From Human,With 'Over 75%25 Accuracy'&text=Scientists were reportedly able to,for the first time ever.)
• [America's Vocabulary Is (Not So Swiftly) Shrinking | The Monochrome Man](https://www.themonochromeman.com/articles/americas-vocabulary-is-shrinking-taylor-swift.html#:~:text=We're more educated now,so at a staggering pace.)

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