Evgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev, public domain; George Orwell by Cassowary Colorizations (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

‘We’ and Orwell

Orwell doesn’t see O’Brien as “seduced by a mistaken theory or blind to the facts,” Rorty observes. “He simply views him as dangerous and possible.”

My Airport: LCG

An escape hatch, and a friendly doorway back home

Back to the Age of Political Strongmen

The incoherence is the point

Myriam Gurba Is Not an AI

Her new essay collection, 'Creep', is the real thing