George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens

Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by Hoasi on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:03AM (#25406608)

> It is a great book, and Orwell was spot on with so much of what he wrote. How did he do it?

Not to diminish Orwell's prescience in any way, but Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We precedes Orwell's work by almost 30 years. It contains all the same themes, and without a shadow of a doubt, had a massive influence on Orwell's work.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by AlbertoGP on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:27AM (#25407668)

Zamyatin’s novel is being made into a movie for next year: https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVLvQcO7JGk

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by feralimal on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:23AM (#25406725)

I would suspect that Yevgeny Zamyatin would also have been privy to the plan. Aldous Huxley too.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by Hoasi on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:57AM (#25406967)

> I would suspect that Yevgeny Zamyatin would also have been privy to the plan. Aldous Huxley too.

No, they were not part of any plan if there was ever one. Yevgeny Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley were participants and observers of civil war, revolution, and its subsequent corruption by totalitarians. Their books are a testimony to that and a warning.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by pjc50 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:59AM (#25407966)

Ah yes, a dissident who couldn't get published in his own country was obviously included.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by feralimal on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:25AM (#25406739)

And - to go further still - Orwell, Huxley (and perhaps Zamyatin) fulfil the 'Goldstein' role, IRL.

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