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originally posted by: zosimov
a reply to: LetsGoViking
but now, with the advent of the iphone, and the replacement of real knowledge with the illusion of knowledge (internet) I see that it has truly come to pass in many chilling ways. (shudder) aside from the obvious downsides we all see daily, is that it is nearly impossible to focus on what is truly useful, and very difficult to find truth due to information overload.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
One passage I recall clearly is how the TV programs were 'inter-active' . How the action or dialogue on the screen would come around and halt and all the actors in the show would turn to the 'viewer' and ask their opinion, giving time for a reply and then resuming the normal dialogue.
Almost makes me wonder if those remakes were just attempts to bury the memories of previous movies that might raise the viewer to question the popular myth, you know, the one that Bradbury wrote about.
originally posted by: LetsGoViking
One word: Facebook....
Then she seemed to remember
something and came back to look at him with wonder and curiosity. "Are you happy?" she said.
"Am I what?" he cried.
But she was gone-running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently.
"Happy! Of all the nonsense."
He stopped laughing.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
I love books, I love the concept of questioning things. It frustrated me when people deliberately enslaved themselves.
originally posted by: zosimov
a reply to: kelbtalfenek
Thank you for your excellent response. I am in full agreement with your interpretation of this prophetic novel, as well as the state in which we find our society today.
I wonder about Bradbury's vision of politics-- does anyone else get the idea that our right to pick a side on any given question has been rescinded? That we are pigeon-holed into a party and therefore must take the stance of said party? And, beyond that, the candidates proffered are two sides of the same worthless coin? That the role of the media and the electoral college have stolen our rights to a democracy?
I'll get deeper into the entertainment portion in a little while.