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1. www.nytimes.com › 2015/12/27 › booksWhat Do Jane Austen’s Novels Have to Tell Us About Love and ...

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   Dec 22, 2015 · The richest people in the story, Emma and Mr. Knightley, are also the most perceptive and have the best judgment; the poorest, Harriet Smith and Robert Martin, are unpolished but virtuous and...

2. theconversation.com › what-orwells-1984-tells-usWhat Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years ...

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   • ‘1984’ as History
   • Past, Present and Future
   • ‘1984’ as Present Day
   • Controlling Behavior
   • Surveillance in Daily Life
   • The Friendly Face of Surveillance

   One of the key technologies of surveillance in the novel is the “telescreen,” a device very much like our own television. The telescreen displays a single channel of news, propaganda and wellness programming. It differs from our own television in two crucial respects: It is impossible to turn off and the screen also watches its viewers. The telescr...

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   The dominant reading of “1984” has been that it was a dire prediction of what could be. In the words of Italian essayist Umberto Eco, “at least three-quarters of what Orwell narrates is not negative utopia, but history.” Additionally, scholars have also remarked how clearly “1984” describes the present. In 1949, when the novel was written, American...

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   In the year 1984, however, there was much self-congratulatory coverage in the U.S. that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. But media studies scholar Mark Miller argued how the famous slogan from the book, “Big Brother Is Watching You” had been turned to “Big Brother is you, watching” television. Miller argued that television in the Un...

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   Alongside the steady rise of “reality TV,” beginning in the ‘60s with “Candid Camera,” “An American Family,” “Real People,” “Cops” and “The Real World,” television has also contributed to the acceptance of a kind of video surveillance. For example, it might seem just clever marketing that one of the longest-running and most popular reality televisi...

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   And, just like in the novel, ubiquitous video surveillance is already here. Closed-circuit television exist in virtually every area of American life, from transportation hubs and networks, to schools, supermarkets, hospitals and public sidewalks, not to mention law enforcement officers and their vehicles. Surveillance footage from these cameras is ...

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   Reality television is the friendly face of surveillance. It helps viewers think that surveillance happens only to those who choose it or to those who are criminals. In fact, it is part of a culture of widespread television use, which has brought about what Norwegian criminologist Thomas Mathiesencalled the “viewer society” – in which the many watch...

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3. news.harvard.edu › gazette › storyHarvard scholars on books that changed their lives

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   Jul 27, 2022 · “What can make a book life-changing?” “A book can juxtapose points of view, each of which may seem compelling, emboldening, disgusting, or frightening on its own, but further dimensions and consequences of each perspective are revealed when you behold them together, in a single space.

4. www.nytimes.com › international › sectionBook Review - The New York Times International

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   Reviews, essays, best sellers and children's books coverage from The New York Times Book Review.

5. apnews.com › article › book-review-donald-robertsonBook Review: ‘How to Think Like Socrates’ leaves readers with ...

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   2 days ago · This cover image released by St. Martin’s Press shows “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World” by Donald J. Robertson. (St. Martin’s Press via AP) The lessons of Socrates have never really gone out of style, but if there’s ever a perfect time to revisit the ancient philosopher, now is it ...

6. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/11/13How Can Determinists Believe in Free Will? | The New Yorker

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   Nov 6, 2023 · Nikhil Krishnan reviews “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will,” by Robert M. Sapolsky.

7. www.theglobeandmail.com › arts › booksReview: With 20 plus years of hindsight, Bill Clinton ...

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   1 day ago · Clinton’s new memoir Citizen: My Life After the White House is well-written and worth the read, but the book is not nearly as self-analytical and self-critical as one would hope