Similarities Between 1984 And Fahrenheit 451

Introduction Adam Smith kills his ex-wife Lisa over her social media rants about his lack of paying child support. He then left the mutilated body in his 5-year old son’s room for his child to find. The rapid development of social media, technology, and lack thereof education is leading the United States of America towards a very dark and gloomy future. I believe the only way to prevent a future that resembles a lifestyle depicted in the books 1984, and Fahrenheit 451 is to educate the younger generations on the dangers of technology. Until then, America is headed towards a very dark future due to the rise of social media and technology, and the lack of education the is being delivered to unplug the world.

Social Media, The Silent Killer:

Technology while it brings many positives into this world is being used for many bad things. An example of this would be how everyone’s privacy is slowly being taken away. With cameras, everywhere and the government being able to read everyone’s text messages our common everyday privacy is no longer possible. This is a red flag for our future because it resembles the lifestyle people live in 1984. Most people do not know the danger the comes with the growth of technology. The human populations distraction from social media is preventing us from seeing the noticeable issues. I believe that with the rapid growth rise of technology comes with the subtraction of our personal privacy. In technologies push to make people feel more connected or to make life easier. Technology has actually opened us up to becoming more exposed. All the cameras, micro phones, and pictures allow for our every move as human to be monitored and tracked. In our current state, some organizations can predict peoples every move based off their phone history in certain locations. This shows what the current power of technology can do for people if presented in the wrong hands. If this trend were to continue then dangers of society could be as extreme as the government using technology to control our every move. The future of technology has a very dark future, “Decomposing this impending castopherey into its essential elements, we are being told that the dangers are involuntary (we would not be willing to accept them), irreversible (there is no turning back), and hidden (we shall not know when we are encountering them). The fear is that the effects of technology may prove disastrous. (Risk and Culture 16)” This quote shows how with technologies preoccupation of the human society that it is easy for large organizations to use it for dark purposes. Unless society becomes educated on how to properly