Ben Kepes: George Orwell s 1984 is coming to pass
16 May, 2021 10:41 PM
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Ben Kepes is concerned about the significance of surveillance cameras in his neighbourhood. Photo / Getty Images
Ben Kepes is concerned about the significance of surveillance cameras in his neighbourhood. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
By: Ben Kepes I m a huge George Orwell fan. Despite the fact that he wrote his most famous novel, 1984, long before the era of Facebook and big data, and despite these dystopian developments coming about 30 years later than he predicted, Orwell s novels, and especially 1984, are a fantastic cautionary tale for what happens when too much power gets concentrated in one place.