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Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

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English novelist, author of Atonement, Saturday and On Chesil Beach, and winner of the 1998 Booker Prize for Amsterdam.

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    Solitude is one of civilisation's great luxuries, and our enslavement to the internet is making it scarce.

    Their wordsSolitude is one of the great luxuries of civilisation. It has become, by our own careless volition, by our elective enslavement to the wonders of the internet - a shrinking asset.

    ↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org 1st of 5 in this piece

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    With face recognition and similar technology, China might perfect the Orwellian totalitarian state and offer a rival model to liberal democracy.

    Chinademocracy

    Their wordsNow the technology - face recognition software and the rest - is on hand, China might perfect the Orwellian totalitarian state and offer a new model of social organization to compete with or replace liberal democracies

    ↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org 2nd of 5 in this piece

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    Freedom of expression is becoming a diminishing privilege around the world.

    Their wordsThen, a matter of vital concern to writers and readers: globally, freedom of expression is becoming a diminishing privilege.

    ↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org 3rd of 5 in this piece

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    Even if all greenhouse emissions stopped tomorrow, the world has already started to become different.

    Their wordsEven if all CO2 and methane emissions were to cease tomorrow morning, there is inertia in the process and our natural and man-made world is going to be, has started to be, different.

    ↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org 4th of 5 in this piece

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    Writers who refuse to tell readers what to think, and write about love, childhood or frogs, must keep the freedom to do so.

    Their wordsAll writers like Basho who choose the belly of the whale, who refuse to tell us what they think, or what we should think, who wish to celebrate or investigate love, childhood, Boys' Weeklies, frogs or the delights of close attention to one or two details - they must have their freedom to do so.

    ↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org 5th of 5 in this piece

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    It is hard to be cruel once you let yourself enter the mind of your victim.

    Their wordsIf the hijackers had been able to imagine themselves into the thoughts and feelings of the passengers, they would have been unable to proceed. It is hard to be cruel once you permit yourself to enter the mind of your victim.

    ↗Only Love and Then Oblivionianmcewan.com 1st of 2 in this piece

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    Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is the core of our humanity and the beginning of morality.

    Their wordsImagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

    ↗Only Love and Then Oblivionianmcewan.com 2nd of 2 in this piece