On Monday 24 June 2013 12:08:11 Joel Rees wrote: > > He was not a scientist, > > You don't have to be a scientist to predict the future.
No, but he was not in fact "in the know" about recent scientific developments, nor the way that science was moving. A scientist at the cutting edge might have had a better knowledge of where research was leading. So it is remarkable that he was able to predict so accurately what would be done with computers and CCTV (which had not of course been invented). Electronic computers had only just been invented, were ginormous, very low powered, and were used only by the military. TV was in its infancy. The first photocopier as we know photocopiers was not made until over ten years after this book was written. Eric Blair (pen name George Orwell) was a remarkable man in many ways. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201306241241.13311.lisi.re...@gmail.com
