Using powerful dramatization of scenes from 1984, this program explores George Orwell's vision of totalitarian future where only mindless conformity is rewarded. Orwell biographer Bernard Crick; social psychologist Philip Zimbardo; Marvin Roseblum, executive producer of 1984; human rights advocate Robert Kirschner; futurist Ray Kurzweil and Kevin Warwick; and others scrutinize the novel while considering issues of contemporary concern, such as the power of the media and the intrusion of computer surveillance into daily life.
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