1984 and stuff... yaaay

It's incredible that Orwell wrote this book with the idea of technology being so advanced that the government could see into a persons everyday life. It's astounding, because even though technology was progressing during that era, it wasn't anywhere near the level of success presented in "1984". Orwell's intentions were probably not to predict what was to come in the literal year, 1984, but was just using his imagination with the seed of the Cold War being planted in the world and in his conscious. The government is not entirely "big brother-ing" us, but we may be on that rode. In the article "9 Ways You're Being Spied On Every Day" (2014) Sara Schwartz claims that we are being spied on in many ways. Some of the accusations are believable while others are a little far fetched. She does raise awareness thought that we should be more informed about how much we are being tracked and that humans need privacy. The government most likely isn't watching every American to see what they're doing, or keeping track of all of our information with the intent to use it against us for no reason; but, that doesn't mean that future men/women in power will do the same. That's the main concern. We won't always have trustworthy leaders, and many would argue that we presently don't have trustworthy leaders. Americans should have more of a say on how much access the government has into our lives, and by what means they go about their endeavors.
The End.
Okay, well hopefully that all came together.
Good night and good bye Semester 1!!!