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"Educational technology companies and entrepreneurs may face the risk of a "tech bubble," similar to the massive boom-and-bust that rocked the technology market in the late 1990s, according to market analysts and a recently released paper. A relatively new focus on K-12 educational technology as an investment vehicle, a surge of investors looking to cash in on the latest innovations, and fewer barriers to developing an ed-tech business have merged in ways that have some market observers wary of what's ahead. The flurry of activity is prompting comparisons to the dot-com crash of the late 1990s, which brought the failure of many technology-related businesses that had drawn huge sums of money from investors. "

"Aldous Huxley vs. George Orwell "Amusing Ourselves To Death" is a very cool infographic showing a comparison between Aldous Huxley's view of the future from "Brave New World" and George Orwell's fears or vision expressed in "Nineteen-Eighty-Four". Enjoy!"