George Orwell’s 1984 delivers a stark warning about what happens when those in power seize control of information itself. By dominating both the written word and visual media, Big Brother’s regime doesn’t just shape public opinion—it manufactures it. Such control allows a government to inflame emotions when it needs obedience or soothe the population with comforting illusions when it needs complacency.

The Titanic was called ‘The Unsinkable Ship’. It was built by shipbuilders with the latest engineering technology of the day. It took an iceberg to sink her proving that technological advances don’t lead to improvements.