text: has anyone that has read 1984 and can help me out? compare and contrast the concepts of technological surveillance that orwell envisioned in 1984 and the forms of technological sureveillance that are used today. 1984 was all about "big brother".  what kind of stuff do you see today where the gov't spies on us?  you havae the internet, satellite, mag strips on our credit and id cards... you get the idea.  compare today and how the book wrote about their gov't.  really orwell had a vision!