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“Kein Lüge, die etwas auf sich hält, enthält Unwahres.”
― Die Welt als Phantom und Matrize. Philosophische Betrachtungen über Rundfunk und Fernsehen.
― Die Welt als Phantom und Matrize. Philosophische Betrachtungen über Rundfunk und Fernsehen.
“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.”
― 1984
― 1984
“There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.”
― Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
― Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
“Sometimes we need to heed our fears and negative thoughts, and at all times we need to be alert to the world outside ourselves, even when that includes absorbing bad news and entertaining the views of “negative” people.”
― Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
― Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
In 1984, Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us".”
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
In 1984, Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us".”
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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