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nonightowl · Jan 12, 2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ECHOES

Since I found out that the internet is not what I thought it was, I'm losing my affection for it. I am feeling disillusioned. And worried.

This happened when I recently learned that my internet search does not produce the same results as your internet search. I didn't know this before.
Each internet search brings up results tailored to the individual's computer usage - the sites and even the types of sites most frequently visited and where the user is located.

So much for the openness of shared information. It isn't. It makes me think "Big Brother" - Orwell, not "reality" tv show.

It also makes me worry about non-electronic information - books, papers, etc - and how we are protecting them in this age of replacing everything with electronic equivalents.

NOW that I'm reading 1984 by George Orwell, I REALLY know what "Orwellian" means. It is a disturbing book, yet still enjoyable. Orwell was ahead of his time. In the book, of course there's no Internet, but they have human spies, hidden microphones, and something called a telescreen which must be like a TV, in your HOME of all places.

I don't like this and lately wish I lived in an earlier era. Just like with cameras. As I heard as a line on Blue Bloods recently from one of the veteran cops, "Back in my day the only people with cameras were tourists and journalists. Now, everyone is filming stuff. And putting it where everyone can see. Always assume you're being filmed or could be."

I'm afraid one day everything will be electronic. There won't be printed books anymore or printed currency even. No humans in stores, no bricks and mortars stores at all maybe. I hope I don't live to see it. Not against progress, but there's always a price of some kind. Like cashiers losing their jobs cause they want customers to use self-check out. For me, tech is not all it's cracked up to be. And the more something can do, the more things can go wrong with it. I often miss the simpler things.