{"id":20201,"date":"2016-04-24T09:22:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T14:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=20201"},"modified":"2016-04-24T09:22:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T14:22:33","slug":"5-things-george-orwell-understood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=20201","title":{"rendered":"5 things George Orwell understood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"wrap12 story-head\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"colfull\">\n<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/orwell-surveillance-ideas-1.2921560\">5 things George Orwell understood<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-deck\"><strong>Famed author implores us to be vigilant, and to keep the faiths of decency, tolerance and humanity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"small lighttext\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3541100.1460998545!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/george-orwell-bbc.jpg\" alt=\"George Orwell at the BBC in 1941. The insights of his books and many other writings still resonate today. \" width=\"100%\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-primary\">\n<div id=\"leadmedia\" class=\"story-leadmedia col8\">\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">George Orwell at the BBC in 1941. The insights of his books and many other writings still resonate today. (Penguin Books India)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-bodywrapper sclt-storybody\">\n<div id=\"storymedialist\" class=\"story-medialist col2width sclt-medialist\">\n<div class=\"storymedia\">\n<div class=\"if-altered figure\">\n<div class=\"cbc-caffeine video col8width aspectratio16x9\" data-playerid=\"caffeine13541517\">\n<div id=\"container38685806\" class=\"cbc-caffeine-outer-container\">\n<div id=\"Caffeinecaffeine13541517\" class=\"cbc-caffeine-player\">\n<div id=\"CaffeinePlayercaffeine13541517\" class=\"cbc-caffeine-container player-loading\">\n<div id=\"thumbnailcaffeine13541517\" class=\"thumbnail-container\"><strong>Related Stories<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sharecount_gig_containerParent\" class=\"story-middle col2\">\n<div class=\"story-relatedlinks module sclt-relatedlinks\">\n<div class=\"story-relatedlinks-body module-body\">\n<div class=\"story-relatedlinks-submodule story-internallinks module\">\n<div class=\"story-internallinks-body module-body\">\n<ul class=\"story-internallinks-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-1-1.3513191\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-2-1.3527732\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-3-1.3540777\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/in-george-orwell-s-book-1984-winston-smith-knew-he-was-being-watched-do-you-know-if-you-are-has-orwell-s-warning-about-mass-surveillance-finally-come-true-1.3519639\">In George Orwell&#8217;s book &#8216;1984&#8217;, Winston Smith knew he was being watched. Do you know if you are? Has Orwell&#8217;s warning about mass surveillance finally come true?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/big-brother-s-power-is-building-warns-george-orwell-biographer-1.1369989\">Big Brother&#8217;s power is building, warns George Orwell biographer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>&#8220;Big Brother is watching you&#8221; is George Orwell&#8217;s most famous line from his most famous book.\u00a0But there&#8217;s so much more to the man who gave us terms like &#8220;doublethink,&#8221; &#8220;thoughtcrime&#8221; and &#8220;newspeak&#8221;; Orwell reminds us there&#8217;s a connection between clarity of language and truth.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why he implores us to be vigilant, to be on guard for freedom, and to keep the faith: the triple faiths of decency, tolerance and humanity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AUDIO |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-1-1.3513191\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AUDIO |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-2-1.3527732\/\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AUDIO |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/the-orwell-tapes-part-3-1.3540777\">The Orwell Tapes, Part 3<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve long been fascinated by Orwell and, in the summer of 1983, when it was still possible to meet people who knew him \u2014 from his first days to his final hours \u2014 I spent two hectic months in England, Scotland and Spain recording 75 interviews.<\/p>\n<p>I made a total of 50 hours&#8217; worth of recordings which, taken together, give a detailed and nuanced picture of a man who was one of the most influential writers of our time.<\/p>\n<p>I included some \u2014 but by no means all \u2014 of this unique archive in\u00a0<em>George Orwell, a Radio Biography\u00a0<\/em>which aired on CBC Radio 1\u00a0on Jan. 1, 1984. Recently I went back into those original recordings, to bring out insights that had never been aired before, and created a new three-hour series for CBC Radio&#8217;s\u00a0Ideas called\u00a0<em>The Orwell Tapes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 things George Orwell understood Famed author implores us to be vigilant, and to keep the faiths of decency, tolerance and humanity George Orwell at the BBC in 1941. The insights of his books and many other writings still resonate today. 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