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Why Roger Deakin’s Waterlog will change your life
The New Statesman· 6 hours agoThe book was a bestseller upon release, and Deakin – who died in 2006, at 63, from a brain tumour – was respected as an environmentalist, documentary...
Suit Worn by Steve Jobs in 1984 Macintosh Ad Is Up for Auction
PC Magazine· 14 hours agoBefore he adopted the black turtleneck and jeans look, Steve Jobs sported the official 80s-era...
Fact Check: About Claims That Orwell Talked of 'Destroying People' by 'Denying and Obliterating'...
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoAs with so many of these misquotes/misattributions, it chimes with much of Orwell's thinking — the...
‘Big Brother’: Someone to Watch Over Us, via ‘1984’
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoSince George Orwell’s dystopian novel was published 75 years ago this month, Orwellian phrases have continued to resonate, none more than this one
Opinion | Sure, Knowledge Is Power, but Ignorance Is Underrated
New York Times· 6 days agoCourts have inadmissible evidence. This week I read a book on the topic, “Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not to Know.” Engel is a specialist in law and economics at the Max Planck Institute ...