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Re:Aldous Huxley was right, not George Orwell by aardvark on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @12:55PM (#1554846)
The cartoon notes that the comparison was taken from Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death".

Postman wrote this 25 years ago. If anything, his observation is even more true today.

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Re:Aldous Huxley was right, not George Orwell by RyanMcGreal on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @01:23PM (#1554937)
RIP Neil Postman. His keen intellect and warm humanity are missed.
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