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This is a collection of curious articles for students who have taken POS 101 - and would like to keep reading and thinking about some of the issues we discussed (plus some we missed).
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
A
hopeful piece on one of my favorite topics – the dystopian imagination. Here is
a brief quote that sums it all up: “As with Orwell, Bradbury recognised that
tyranny is at its most potent when it’s superficially most benevolent, when it
dresses up coercion and censorship in kindly, caring language.” On my laptop, the
article ends with a stark pro-Brexit ad. If this is targeted advertising, I
guess they need to fix their algorithm – for the next campaign.
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