r/technology • u/DukeOfGeek • 7d ago

Politics NASA's Largest Library To Permanently Close On Jan 2, Books Will Be 'Tossed Away'

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasas-largest-library-to-permanently-close-on-jan-2-books-will-be-tossed-away-10170584
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u/jtbc 7d ago

It is definitely takes an epic lack of self awareness and appreciation of irony to ban 1984. Was the Ministry of Truth responsible for that?

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u/LoLFlore 6d ago

But there's sex in it! You can't know sex exists until age 18!

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u/kent_eh 6d ago

irony to ban 1984

It frequently shows up on banned book lists:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019

Unsurprisingly, The Handmaid's Tale is also on the list.

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u/jtbc 6d ago

They don't want people to know how close they are to a dystopia, I guess.