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- W2597083856 abstract "The twentieth century not only saw a dramatic increase in dystopian accounts of science and technology, it also saw a resurgence of utopian depictions of science and technology, even if the former are better known today than the latter. A very good example of the former is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, while an example of the latter is Hugo Gernsback’s novel Ralph 124C 41+ (1925). In this novel and the enormously popular magazine Amazing Stories Gernsback found in 1926, we find a glorification of the scientist and the role he will play in bringing about a utopian future. But these are not the only stances that are taken on science and technology in the twentieth century. George Orwell offers a third interpretation of the role of science and technology. In Nineteen Eighty-four, he portrays science as the main line of defense against totalitarianism. For Orwell this is summed up in the equation 2+2=4. Not surprisingly, all efforts of the Party are devoted to making people believe that 2+2=5; ultimately through torture. If the Party can manipulate reality and people’s minds they can achieve absolute power. To be sure, Orwell describes negative uses of technology, but this is not because technology is bad in itself, but because of the uses to which the totalitarian regime puts it. Despite the pessimistic ending of the novel, with the main character Winston Smith acknowledging his love for Big Brother, Orwell holds that a totalitarian regime can not last forever, simply because 2+2 cannot equal 5. Any attempt to establish a society based on this illogical premise is bound to fail. By refusing to observe the basic laws of science the totalitarian system falls apart." @default.
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