I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw was my cell phone. My alarm went off, and then I proceeded to do my morning ritual. I go to the list of notifications and start clearing away the ones I don't need to worry about. Then I start from the top. Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter...etc... My cell phone knows everything about me. It knows when I get up, what my favorite apps are, who my favorite contacts are. Not to mention that it is with me twenty for seven. I am never not with my phone. It could have a hidden camera showing some random person what I do with my life daily.
Sounds like a telescreen to me.
Winston Smith woke up this morning and the first thing that saw him was his telescreen. The alarm went off and then he proceeded to do his morning ritual. He got his feet out from under his bed and slowly got himself up. He started from the top and worked his way down. He worked on stretching his back and mobilizing himself with the help of his telescreen. His telescreen know everything about him. It knows when he gets up, what his favorite music is, and who his favorite person is (Big Brother). Not to mention that there is a telescreen wherever Winston goes, He is never not around a telescreen. It is like having a hidden camera showing some random person what you do with your life daily.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/opinion/beale-1984-now/
Now that we are reading feed, do you believe phones are more like telescreens or feeds and is it necessarily a bad thing?
ReplyDeleteI believe that Feed's are more like the apps on our phones. Phones are still like tele screens, Feed's are just the app's on the phone. This being said, I still believe that phones being like telescreens, even with the lovely apps on them.
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