This selective recall has led to a widespread misreading of the book’s original warning. What remains in the cultural memory are simply fragments of the larger picture: government censorship, ubiquitous surveillance cameras, and Orwell’s clever neologisms (Newspeak, doublethink, and thoughtcrime, among others). In the decades since the time of its publication, the context of Orwell’s magnum opus has been lost. It was meant to warn against the growing spread of communism. They will focus on social media, security cameras, data collection, and “fake news.” The problem? The novel was not a commentary on the downside of technology.
There will be no shortage of think pieces that will misinterpret its legacy. June 8, 2019, marks the 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.
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