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6 Jan 2015, 9:52 am
Few things demonstrate the widespread digitization of our society more than the dramatic transformation of mobile telephones over the past two decades and the increasing reliance upon these revolutionary devices in our business and personal lives. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 6:18 am
Without words, without definitions, we’re deep into Orwell territory. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:58 am
— from Lifehacker Happy Birthday George Orwell, here's your surveillance society — from The Verge Common Law Invasion of Privacy Claims in Social Media — from Augmented LegalityHR & Employee Relations Restaurant Wars: Restrictive Covenants for Chefs & Tandoori Chicken Tikka — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog An Introduction to Background Checks for Employers — from ERC Insights Blog A cautionary tale about… [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 1:15 am
Permítanme acogerme a un derecho explicado por George Orwell: “La libertad es el derecho de decirle a la gente lo que no quieren oír. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 5:12 am
As we explain at ProjectSecretIdentity.org: From George Orwell's Big Brother to J.K. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 7:06 am
" — George Orwell, "1984. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 11:16 am
" which begins:In the novel 1984, George Orwell wrote about a dystopian future where “to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for instance) was itself a punishable offense. [read post]
6 Aug 2022, 5:07 am
Navalny said it was as if “someone upstairs” read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and then said, “Yeah, cool. [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 5:17 am
"ADDED: I've quoted this before, an unforgettable passage from George Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:58 am
— from Lifehacker Happy Birthday George Orwell, here's your surveillance society — from The Verge Common Law Invasion of Privacy Claims in Social Media — from Augmented LegalityHR & Employee Relations Restaurant Wars: Restrictive Covenants for Chefs & Tandoori Chicken Tikka — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog An Introduction to Background Checks for Employers — from ERC Insights Blog A cautionary tale about… [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 2:30 am
Then I realized this is the problem of the dying metaphor that George Orwell wrote about. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 10:39 am
___________________________* Long ago, George Orwell wrote:A newly invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image, while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically ‘dead’ (e. g. iron resolution) has in effect reverted to being an ordinary word and can generally be used without loss of vividness. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 4:22 pm
On the streets, Thais have been arrested for wearing the wrong message on a T-shirt, or reading George Orwell's "1984" in public. [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 2:15 pm
George Orwell’s “1984” is standard required reading in schools. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 2:38 pm
By bringing together legal and art history academics, it will establish a new network of scholars from a variety of disciplines—art, history, law, anthropology—interested in the intersection of images and law.The last decade has seen much research into the intersection of the visual and the legal, yet the impact on the practice of contemporary legal scholarship has been limited, and there is little methodological reflection on the roles that images and imagery have played in scholarship… [read post]
19 May 2013, 7:20 am
When George Orwell wrote the novel 1984 he was imagining future totalitarianism dominated by socialist governments. [read post]
25 May 2020, 5:49 am
The idea that insecure men support bullies and authoritarians is hardly new; recall that one of George Orwell’s characters in 1984 dismissed all the “marching up and down and cheering and waving flags” as “simply sex gone sour. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 11:15 am
” And, finally, consider this quote from George Orwell during World War II: “Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 10:42 am
George Orwell I did enjoy this from RollonFriday.com: Birmingham Law Soc President awards Firm of the Year – to his own firm At a glittering awards ceremony last Thursday, the Birmingham Law Society handed out gongs to the cream of the Midlands legal community. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 8:00 am
Along the lines of the argument from George Orwell that I noted in a post last week, this lack of clarity makes the word both potent for demagogues and -- more to Orwell's larger point -- potentially confusing for its users. [read post]
