The Boomer Rants

THEN: BIG BROTHER

NOW: BIG BROTHER

It almost seems impossible over fourteen years have passed since the Y2K frenzy.  Remember that?  When the world was going to fall apart at midnight?  Everything connected to a computer, from air traffic controls to sensory operated toilet flushers was going to crash.

The world was going to come to a standstill.

Well, that moment passed with no more than a few glitches.  And here we are in the second decade of the 21^st Century.

It’s obvious that we are in the midst of a digitalrevolution.

Why, fourteen years ago, a cell phone was really just a phone.  Now making calls is one of the phone’s most archaic functions.

Old fashioned movies are being replaced by those in 3D.  Holographic movies are in the making.  Someday, our favorite actors will be performing in the middle of our living rooms.

Robots are being developed that will take over household chores such as dusting and sweeping.  Maybe even cooking.  And hopefully, they can take our place on those nights when we feel a “headache” coming on.

E-readers are becoming more and more popular.  It’s inevitable that books will one day go the path of the vinyl record album.  The bookstore where you can browse through the aisles with a cup of coffee and an idea of what you may want to purchase will be a thing of the past.  Books will be sold in antique shops and of course, on eBay or some other futuristic site.  It will be up to the older generation to explain to their grandchildren how readers used to turn the page instead of tapping the screen with their finger.

But what scares me the most about the future is how we will be watched.  Because Big Brother has already arrived.
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When I search online for information on “spiders,” the next day I’m bombarded with dozens of pop ups, offering miracle products guaranteed to rid my legs of “spider” veins, asking for money to save the endangered Spruce-fir moss “spider,” and information on the entire cast of the Spiderman movies.  For days on end, my inbox is crammed with everything and anything to do with insects.

It can only get worse from here.

Someone, somewhere, out there in cyberspace is recording every one of our keystrokes.  And that someone has a database from which to pull information that can be used for any number of things.  Advertising is just one of them.  Perhaps the least harmful.  We can ignore them if we want.

What if someday we’re prohibited from going to certain schools or holding a certain job because we prefer roasted chicken over baked?  Or because of our blood type?  Or because we like to do it doggie-style rather than in the missionary position?

It’s a scary thought.  Something I have no control over.

But I do  have control over how I act. And if someone, something, somewhere is watching my every move, I better make my life something interesting to watch!