Comments on: Barack Obama harnesses the popularity of Apple’s iPhone http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/02/barack-obama-harnesses-the-popularity-of-apples-iphone/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/02/barack-obama-harnesses-the-popularity-of-apples-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-139199 Ken Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:29:53 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/02/barack-obama-harnesses-the-popularity-of-apples-iphone/#comment-139199 I'm probably the only one to think this is more likely to conjure up a 1984, Fahrenheit 451 flavor than any hip, cutting edge use of tech. If you talk to a cult leader or maybe a CIA interrogator, they'll tell you it's very important to keep the subject immersed in the rhetoric supporting the cause with as little contact with outside, nonbelievers as possible. It does dovetail nicely with Apple's marketing, though. I’m probably the only one to think this is more likely to conjure up a 1984, Fahrenheit 451 flavor than any hip, cutting edge use of tech.

If you talk to a cult leader or maybe a CIA interrogator, they’ll tell you it’s very important to keep the subject immersed in the rhetoric supporting the cause with as little contact with outside, nonbelievers as possible.

It does dovetail nicely with Apple’s marketing, though.

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