[geekpondering]

I don't think its necessarily a question of how close we are to the singularity. I think it's a question of how close we are to the Orwellian Memory Hole.

[JetSpiegel]

But that was inspired by Stalin's photo manipulations, so it's not a question of "how close", we effectively already live in that world.

[dllthomas]

Stalin's oppression took quite a lot of man-hours.