[L,TOWM]

We can understand how he was right and beyond that, how he was wrong.

My bad. I was'nt too sure of what the 'beyond' meant in your original reply to me.

No disagreement from me on the quoted statement. I will give him credit, though, he saw some possible patterns that gave him a predictive success rate higher than most "psychics" or self-proclaimed prophets.

[bvw]

Orwell predicted a bunch of important things -- archtypes, even -- that became highlighted in the last fifty years. However his wisdom has run its course, for a while, although many things he mentioned are perennials, it is a new world today in terms of social focal points and currently pertinant useful wisdoms.