George Orwell wrote his book 1984 in 1948. He probably had no specific year in mind other than to reverse the year of its conception.

As I played around with the numbers today, I found an interesting relationship:

1984 - 1948 = 36

1984 + 36 = 2020

2020, as in perfect vision. 2020 as in the year of covid, authoritarianism, lockdowns and censorship.

Probably just a coincidence, yet via simple math Orwell's warning is still ringing relevant. 1984 is the enemy of liberty.