1984

1984

i've never been a huge fan of books with futuristic totalitarian societies. maybe it's just me, but i've never been a huge fan of establishments and structures. but anywho, there's this book by h.g. wells called 1984. it's a fantastic book. if you haven't read it, you absolutely should. but onto the actual topic on hand.

in the book, there's people called the thought police. they're basically government officials that make sure people are thinking what they're supposed to, and aren't thinking anything that's particularly antigovernment, or anti... anything. conformity is their sole desire.

if you haven't checked out the blog on evolution of security, i urge you to do so. it's a rather informative blog about our nation's transportation security, in public areas. but one paragraph on their website stood out to me as being rather like 1984:

"This is also a good example of using specially trained Behavior Detection Officers to look for people with hostile intent as well as the items they intend to use. It's a further testament that the behavior detection program works."

on the whole, i feel a little more safe concerning this... but i also feel disconcerted. maybe "big brother" is watching out for us, but maybe he has other plans. anyways, what are your thoughts?