Justin Goode
In the reading Orwell Got it Wrong Mr. Kinsley took a very biased one-sided view of the development of technology. He states that it has “expanded human freedom” by making world news and information readily available world wide. I say though that having this power has forever enslaved the human race. How many people do you know that check their facebook or myspace or everyday? How many people do you know that own and use cell phones either to call or text message everyday and when they don’t have it their lives are put on halt. The constant bombardment of advertising also doesn’t allow for freedom because the consumer is always persuaded to buy product or the other. The war on terror has proven that the use of technology makes it very easy for the government to track and find you. The terrorists have discontinued use of a lot of technology using letters and sending tapes to each other. Their lack of technology has made them disappear from the face of the planet and therefore more free than anyone in the modern world.
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I agree that the article "Orwell Got it Wrong" had a very one-sided argument. It mostly failed to examine any areas that didn't support his point and at the most briefly mentioned vague statements that moderately supported the other side. I'm not sure that technology has humanity in an inescapable grip, but it definitely has many people obsessed and has already and potentially could more drastically violate people's freedoms, by tracking and censoring information.
I couldn't help but feel... well, I couldn't take his arguments seriously because they happened so long ago, they're obsolete now. I agree that his essay is pointed at best, and a series of straw men at worst, but the question I wanted to ask him most was "Does any of this matter?"
And, because I fail at technology once again, the above comment is by Alexander, not Stu.
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