George Orwell died at the age of 46 to TB, writing his magnum opus Nineteen Eighty-Four. One of the many predictions expressed in this book was that there will be a surveillance state in the near future. It’s 2021 and almost everything is under surveillance: from your movement on the street to where your money is traveling even if you aren’t. Yet, what he got wrong was how people are going to deal with narcissism. He thought people wouldn't be OK with being watched by Big Brother. One look at social media and you’d acknowledge that people are craving to be seen thoroughly, not noticed glibly. The younger generation digs its dopamine from being on the stage all the time. Kids in schools are fighting while their so-called friends are uploading the video for others to enjoy the spectacle. Not very long ago, NSA was caught tapping phones and Facebook continues to monetize your personal data and almost every country is fast moving towards acquiring technologies that enable the state machinery to keep an eye on the public. Which is quite ironic when people are anyway exposing their very existence, not just whereabouts, for a few likes and comments.
*chills*
*literal chills*