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Projectibogatoday at 1:59 AM1 replyview on HN

In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, thoughtcrime, also known as crimethink in the official language of Newspeak, is the offense of thinking in ways not approved by the ruling Ingsoc party. It describes the intellectual actions of a person who entertains and holds politically unacceptable thoughts; thus the government of The Party controls the speech, actions, and thoughts of the citizens of Oceania.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime


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2ndorderthoughttoday at 2:04 AM

It's a great book! It does make you wonder what s future with neural link and data centers in every city looks like under a fascist regime.