tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793128.post5703158046073921936..comments2024-01-14T07:43:36.013+03:00Comments on Quest for the Arab Startup Formula: 1984 and Brave New WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530718258028046818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793128.post-80532967759675111702007-05-13T20:56:00.000+03:002007-05-13T20:56:00.000+03:00Great blogging Muhammad. I read 1984 for the firs...Great blogging Muhammad. I read 1984 for the first time last summer. When the man and woman were in their apartment and the picture on the wall fell down to reveal a telescreen had been there the whole time I got goose bumps. It's spooky that the UK now has closed circuit video cameras with speakers enabling 'guards' to verbally correct people's daily anti-social behavior like littering, jay walking, etc.<BR/><BR/>If you get the time, check out John Steinbeck's 'Tortilla Flat'. I enjoyed it a lot.<BR/><BR/>Currently I am reading Jimmy Carter's 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid'. It's a complicated, complicated situation over there...<BR/><BR/>Humid, warm wishes from Arkansas,<BR/><BR/>DylanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793128.post-58725879448098664912007-04-10T03:41:00.000+03:002007-04-10T03:41:00.000+03:00I'm sure you've seen V for Vendetta where an Orwel...I'm sure you've seen V for Vendetta where an Orwellian like world is depicted. I think 1984 is a classic and has a lot of things to offer. The same ideas have been repeated in so many scifi movies that it allowed it to reach the level of "I, Robot", "The butterfly effect" and "the three laws of robotics" even the Matrix was affected by it in the way the agents work behind the scene.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff man :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com