Series VIII · Card 10 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

GEORGE ORWELL · NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR · 1949

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Source

“Nineteen Eighty-Four”, 1949, part 1, ch. 3 (Party slogan)

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About the author

English writer (1903–1950). Author of “1984” and “Animal Farm”. His work on totalitarianism, surveillance, and the corruption of language is still widely cited in debates about power and surveillance.

The question on the back

Which event do you see differently today than you used to?