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Monday, January 26, 2015

Modern Monitor

Many people out there who have read the dystopian novel 1984 believe that such methods of surveillance is just mere myth to the public's eyes, that Big Brother is nothing more than a false belief that is to come like the Aztec calendar which predicted te world would end in the year 2012.  But such things aren't so unbelievable, for at this very moment, something in your house that is connected to the internet in some way, is watching your every move.  It could be your computer's built in webcam that you use to stream videogames, it could be your PS Camera that you installed for "Next gen motion controls", it could even be your trusty smartphone which you use to browse whatever whenever you want.  Technology is evolving people, and we are still out of the loop on what really goes on with these contraptions.  A good example of what I'm trying to say is the video game "Watchdogs".  Sure, it's a video game and they have always been known to add their own twists to the truth, but it's the theme of what this game stands for is what we should all pay attention to.  Technology can be a double-edged sword, it can work for or against us, and we have no way to control how it turns out unless we just drop it.  But we know that that's extremely difficult to do, to drop off of the grid, fall into the dark, or becoming one of the "invisible people" are just fantasies that we all like to entertain at one point or another.  The truth is, technology has us all dancing in the palms of its digitally constructed hands, and we have near little to no chance to escape it all unscathed, mentally or even physically.

1 comment:

  1. I think that this may be indeed true, and it is such a scary scenario. What if we are being watched? How do we, as people, react to that? I know that I do not want my every move watched, because I feel as though some things are not mean to be seen and is strictly personal. No government should feel as though they are powerful enough to create technology that will watch us, yet make us believe that it is harmless. Sounds a little like 1984's government, and that is the scariest possibility.

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