A simple contrast between a Rolex and a Casio becomes a meditation on Christianity, conscience, and the age of AI. As automated systems expand, the real danger is not overt tyranny but the quiet erosion of inward life. When conscience is overshadowed by authority and behaviour becomes measurable performance, we edge closer to Orwell’s vision — not through malice, but through efficiency.
A study of Waugh’s estrangement, his critique of modernity, and his uneasy kinship with Orwell — two men who saw the decay of English order from opposite moral poles.