#orwellquotes — Public Fediverse posts

I just came across this in my feed....

"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."

#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.

https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/

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#Omnipresent #AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says #LarryEllison

"We’re going to have supervision," says #billionaire #Oracle co-founder Ellison.

Benj Edwards – Sep 16, 2024

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/
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"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."
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