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Re:The lesser-known Orwell: are his novels deserving of reap... by gtsop on Saturday January 09, 2021 @03:41PM (#25704510)
> it unequivocally identifies Asimov as a Communist and apologist for Stalin.

Scroll to the bottom of the article.

> His critique of the science fiction, that screens which watch you back is a poor prediction (because how on Earth could Google watch people at scale?!) is particularly hilarious, if a bit sad.

> Orwell was unable to conceive of computers or robots, or he would have placed everyone under non-human surveillance.

I guess this answers it

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Re:The lesser-known Orwell: are his novels deserving of reap... by watwut on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:15PM (#25706122)
I think that last implication is more of Asimovs weakness then Orwels one. It is 2021 and we don't actually have those robots. We have cheap workers.

It is also stretch - not making robots did not mean you are not able to imagine them. It means they are not necessary for story. Asimov was not too good with humans, which would be fine. But the idea that it must be robots is weakness of his critique.

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