Not entirely Orwellian - Huxley's Brave New World got into the mix too.

In this ep we can see few interesting things:
1) Effect on anonymity on general public
2) Knowing the full future is equal to death, at least to Makishima and his companion(God Emperor of Dune)

I haven't read Phillip K. Dick's novels so i can't comment on that, but Gibson comment seemed forced - just to score extra points from cyberpunk crowd - 'not wild enough' is a very, VERY big understatement if you want to compare this world to Sprawl Trilogy one or Bridge Trilogy one.