[107891] in Cypherpunks
RE: _1984_ vs _This_Perfect_Day_
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew James Gering)
Wed Jan 27 16:18:48 1999
From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
To: "Cypherpunks (E-mail)" <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:55:32 -0800
Reply-To: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
> The difference between the two stories is that Orwell's
> story lets you believe that no matter how hard you try,
> there's no way to escape the system while Levin's story
> makes you understand that if you have enough knowledge
> about a given system, there's always a way to bust it.
"If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that
you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot,
therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are
helpless and ineffectual." --Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment
I'll recommend a third *must read*:
_Atlas Shrugged_ by Ayn Rand.
Matt
