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  • A CLOCKWORK ORANGE'S Prediction of DYSTOPIAN DEMOCRACY: the Rise & Failure of AUTHORITARIANISM—video 36 minutes

    01/02/2023 2:50:17 AM PST · by Phoenix8 · 33 replies
    YouTube ^ | 11/14/2022 | Empire of the mind
    228,722 views Nov 14, 2022 For a hundred years now, we have been fascinated by DYSTOPIAS: nightmare-visions of environmental disasters, squalor, societal decline, or tyrannical governments maintaining complete control over a society—whether through brute force, propaganda, censorship or denial of free thought, brainwashing, or all of the above, leading to the complete loss of individuality. But in this ever-expanding genre, there is one dystopian film that stands out as horrifyingly unique, breaking the mold, and creating a dystopian world unlike any other—except maybe, potentially, our own. Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation A Clockwork Orange follows the deviant peregrinations of a...
  • Ray Bradbury Dismisses Internet as "Distracting" and "Meaningless"

    06/25/2009 10:24:26 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 79 replies · 2,098+ views
    Daily Tech ^ | June 25, 2009 11:45 AM | Jason Mick (Blog)
    One of science fictions last surviving greats sounds off with controversial opinions about the internetRay Bradbury doesn't believe "in colleges and universities" -- or the internet. Mr. Bradbury opened up about his distaste for the internet in a recent interview. (Source: The New York Times) With the loss of Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton last year, the survivors of the elite group of twentieth century science fiction authors has dwindled.  Such greats as George Orson Welles, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov had already passed away.  One of the last surviving greats is Ray Bradbury, currently 88.  Mr. Bradbury is...