Well, this book is terrifying. What a crazy world this would be if it was under full surveillance. But honestly, is this that far away if minor things are tweaked in our current system? This reminded me of a more sophisticated North Korea-like environment.
The concept of removing words to affect the conscious body of the group was thought-provoking. If language is thought then this makes it even more clear to me why freedom of speech is important. The good and the bad speech.
This book should be a must-read to make sure the masses prevent those in authority from taking full advantage of its people. Power for the sake of power...this book showed a train of thought I've never realized.
The concept of removing words to affect the conscious body of the group was thought-provoking. If language is thought then this makes it even more clear to me why freedom of speech is important. The good and the bad speech.
This book should be a must-read to make sure the masses prevent those in authority from taking full advantage of its people. Power for the sake of power...this book showed a train of thought I've never realized.
This story will sit with me for quite awhile.