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How we prepare the runway for the landing of Big Brother.

In 1949 George Orwell feared that in 1984 the conditions were created so that they could dominate in a totalitarian one third of the world. Anticipated in just three decades.

For this generation, Big Brother is just the name of an old reality TV show that showcased the common life of a group of young people experiencing the living online, live and trying by all means you got set in the "public opinion" its existence as a "media." Something that only a few reached, as some others survive appearing on late-night functions at clubs in the suburbs.
But really "Big Brother" is a local report ("character?) Created by writer George Orwell for his novel "1984."
society in the first half of the 20th century era when he lived in Orwell, was moved by a very complex reality: the world is torn between two warring forces par excellence. One was the control of certain states from the far right and far left thinking, and through figures seen from today could define as "outrageous" if we would be smart, or "terrifying" to be very graphic: Hitler, Stalin , Mussolini, Franco, together totaling millions and millions of deaths to his credit. With the anticipation of what was called "World War" appeared on the scene convinced that the only way to get rid of that block of genocide was in the hands of those who were assumed to be champions of the free world: United States (grown at the expense of slavery) and Britain (a conglomerate of accumulated possessions with piracy and colonialism.) Finally, two powers whose gleaming medals were not the freedom and independence. Done that chaos belligerent
forties, Orwell venture into science fiction by creating a small gem of anticipation, and was repeatedly brought to the screen (there was a 1956 version, another shot himself in 1984, and several recreations for television.)
Science fiction does not usually wake up more unrest: not aliens and their ships, or the slaughter proposing massive apocalyptic books could be perceived as possible on the horizon of reality. But tyranny and authoritarianism, wars with increasingly lethal weapons, and arbitrary irrational all this presupposed. So Orwell's futuristic vision that got real uneasiness in the reader, is that the trend was already installed. What is it
the novel "1984"
I first read this novel when it was an old text, apparently overcome, it was again fiction than science. The war had ended more than fifteen years, and the dictators who were fierce but remained lackluster, with no international predicament. I remember in the edition that came into my hands, the translator had chosen to play Big Brother as Big Brother. " The book left an indelible mark on me as I entered the omnipotent figure of the dictator every time in my speeches must necessarily refer to the empire of madness that involves the exercise of power by the autocracy, the arbitrariness of the charge, the abundance of psychopaths who achieve positions of real power in the modern world. Especially expound on the great difficulties is always overcome those moments in the history of organizations of all kinds, from country to small clubs, and even small pools of neighbors.
The original pose of the work takes place in a "synthesized" in three major states are at war. The action takes place in one of them, Oceania, ruled by a leader (the aforementioned Big Brother, which never gets to know who it is) that has the means available for control and to manipulate (through cameras and television networks ) the action of each of the inhabitants, and "decree" through four central agencies of his government continued existence love (organized coercion of the population), peace (administration of the ongoing war), right (actually manipulate information in order to absorb the lies) and abundance (a way to manage the dramatic shortage of all types of resources), his political party purposes only and omnipresent.
A world controlled by a single will. But actually managed without human error and not likely to break it, as it would happen to Hitler, Stalin, Batista or Duvalier. The great dictators of history to be real excited about "computers" of reality that they believed to be dominating. And this is precisely the name gives some English-speaking countries to the computer. And that, I think, is the direction it is taking the "landing" that is taking shape, and which I mean from the title.
apologize for the inconvenience: we are building the runway
I want to tell how it began this miserable level of reflection on my feverish head. It was a few days they had launched the new Microsoft operating system, and in an absolutely casual decided to change my old PC, as it had fulfilled its mission after six years of use.
Since the price they offered me the operating system included, and came into my life Windows Seven. The Argentines who read will understand that a machine have a legitimate operating system is a quality that makes me feel weird.
not tell them the pleasure it was to begin work on the machine: Seven accepted all that he planned to install software, and without hesitation. He recalled with regret the tantrums of the past, whenever I made a migration to a new machine or operating system drivers unsuccessful searches, or having to abandon a program (or worse, a peripheral) because its manufacturer had disappeared and no one occurred to him to make the effort to recreate some kind of adaptation.
Until it came time to connect the printer. I have a fairly new Hewlett Packard, one of those who are also color scanner and photocopier. The Seven not only recognized and installed a kick, but warned me that "I had to upgrade their software" for which "I asked permission." Neither doubted: it seemed reasonable to me, I thought I would do some little touches to bring it and gave him Pa'lante.
Guess what happened? Changed all software! New interfaces with much improved performance. All (until now, apparently) free. I have a service re-perfect impressions.
all ok, right? Follow.
But notice how interesting. New LCD TV, suited for the imminent future HDTV come with a high interconnectivity with the PC (and therefore internet) and a (now, for me) disturbing service "software update." Like the latest "smartphones" (those cell-phone type I) and MP4/MP5/MP6 modules, which are those bugs kind full of music that today everyone in the group portal. It is almost useless without resorting to use Internet services.
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My conclusion: more and more objects work with the help of processors (including cars and motorcycles) and easy interconnection computers and the like, and I doubt whether we are a tris are imposed as obligatory (but that's a topic for another post).
The existence of processors in any accessory, equipment or device bearing or resident, gives them a chance to be equipped with some "intelligence" that is enhanced by the possibility of connecting networks or with the now powerful "big red" which is the Internet.
What dictators do not exist today? Aha, but the base is.
stage I will be appealing to science fiction.
Today is June 25, 2014. I ran home so as not to miss the World Cup final. It is exciting, because the party is Brazil against Argentina. Lucky I arrived early, because right now the TV comes up put on a poster. Says "To continue, you must upgrade the software." Turn it off and go to the PC, under the program and then connect my pendrive on TV. "Downloading" I read on the screen and breathe. Until I pointed out a sign: "Our worthy President, Dr. Gonzalez, in his campaign for the defense of the poor, needs your collaboration minimum of $ 1000. As payment takes effective (you can do with any cards or online electronic payment system) in www.quebuenoesgonzalez.com, charge approval in the pendrive, download it to your TV and then enjoy the party! And I transfer
concern for all its gadgets. What would the jingle "With every good comes González" who were forced to listen from song to song on your MP7? Or the wonderful message in the viewfinder of your car "to vote again as always to Gonzalez."
Yes, I know what you think. Not differ much from what I myself think. But remember you can not have more gadget or service, or appliance or utility if not "update the software properly ...
made me want to reread Orwell. At least to imagine what is this ...

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Today, contrary to what I thought, I got out of a situation in which he thought would be stuck forever, or at least a few years ...
Not that I have gone at all, but at least a part of me was able to close this phase and begin to heal ...
For those who know me well talk about the death of my grandmother, spent nine were completed four months of his death and with it took one of the most important parts of my heart ...
My aunt was married three days ago, four if you count the already started Tuesday, and as in this moment like it or not, the place was the home of my grandmother stopped being to become the home of my aunt and her husband ... It was the natural, logical and knew it was going to happen yet, having to ask permission to enter a house until four days had been an extension of my home was pretty hard.
Today when I did a little reticent, the truth that I really wanted to do was not something I wanted to support, yet I did. I received smiles and kisses and some charged, the atmosphere was the same as ever but the key had changed.
My guys had to go so I told my aunt that was to find some books from my grandmother who wanted to take while I was alone in the house. A few minutes later, approval by, checked the closet, the dresser where my grandmother kept the books. Among the papers found millions of gifts he had made, letters, gifts, a folder of plastic wrapped in cellophane with heavenly flowers, paper rings and many medical studies that belonged to my sister and me.
Seeing all these things, many memories came to my head, I cried a little, I can not deny it, but seeing all these things she had saved over many years, I became aware of the passage of time and which meant the years ....
For those who believe it is a comfort to know that after death we face a God merciful and loving, but my anger blinded me and I refused to accept until this day came eventually and somehow I can accept it happened and accept it as something that hurts, it is true, but it is a fundamental part of life ... I love my grandma
and I do not go a day without thinking about it, but at least all the anger and the pain that drove me to mourn every time I pass through the doorway of her house no longer ...
feel that at least part of me could go on and that makes me happy .... She is with me every second I think about it and that's all that matters now ...

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My
generation is so full of prejudice as the previous

My generation seemed to me once as "cutting edge", who were teenagers in the sixties and seventies we thought we had hundreds of things very clear, and thought to be important changes in social , political, and even art and customs.
was then born, raised and shocked the rock'n roll and all its variants, the French May, the hippies, the cinema of the nouvelle vague, pop and op, the bikini, the miniskirt and we had a festive star in the early age of a more realistic and less prudish practices sex. We were faced with generations conformist and prejudiced, that we were accused of unruly and unlawful. And advance a process of politicization through the "militancy" active, since one way or another all the young grew up in the continuing discussion of the reality that we believed to interpret or modify.
to the Catholic Church (yes, it) had become an engine of change. There was a council at the Vatican, and through a couple of potatoes were important changes in the liturgy, a way to adapt to the changes that happened in the rest of the planet. Grew aware of the injustice created by social differences Third movements and allowed to return to the criterion of solidarity of the original core foundation of Christianity.
That generation was aware of wanting to change the world, and many of the things that happened seemed to affirm it.
Today I wonder if this was just a product of our youth. Is that being young is being sick, so you stop to think that, but as "cures" things change? Is not rescued in the vast majority of the people of my generation's vision of what has become the end product of what seemed so vital and almost necessary ...
meeting today and among my contemporaries, however, Manichean visions to the immediate reality. Intolerance and discrimination, phobias and interpretations tremendous.
Like what they thought our parents who critiqued and discussed, my peers seem to think that "kids today" are terrible (in the worst cases they often add that they have "no limits"), and that adolescents are misguided and beset by drugs and alcohol. Increasingly it is thought that there would be "more justice" if there were more and tougher penalties instead of aiming at solving the social conflicts that originates and is a breeding ground for crime and crime in general (which itself supported the Most of those our generation).
These old protest everything, question almost at point blank range and nothing will convince, support a chronic pessimism and lost the sense of humor. As Luca said, became "old vinegar." And tell them better than me, that after all too am one of them.
do not know if it will be very representative, but perhaps the best of my examples is a childhood friend with whom I grew up and I attended both primary and secondary. A rebellious child and adolescent bum. A free-thinking and creative had aimed high if at any time in that part of history that do not share and therefore know not evident today hatched the task of transforming "Proceed" and decided to embrace the religion, politics and a staunch right-gloss profession. The contradiction is so very great that one of my greatest pleasures is to see how I adjust the red of her face every time I recall some of their unholy adventures we shared in the past. I would rather forget, or do not meet me, or to "erase all signs of its past."
I think my generation was destroyed on several levels. Some are on the lists of missing, dead or killed in combat. There were others who went into hiding, changed their social role, adapted to circumstances. Many others, that little is learned of what was happening are the same as then.
always gave me the impression that many have taken their old age as a justification for thinking differently. Something like "I was young and I was wrong, but I was raised and matured." All these old stubborn and forgetful of the pleasures of staying young, I want to bring memories of a fragment of a song by an icon of our youth, Joan Manuel Serrat, who suggested that "forced to choose I prefer a good powder to a dressing down , and a firefighter to a bomber, grow to settle down, I prefer the meat to the metal and windows to the windows, the moon of your face to the national art gallery, and the revolution of nightmares. "
Many of the older of my generation have traveled a difficult road, which leads to abandoning the ideal of social justice, to hold that justice will become-perhaps-a final and execute synonymous unfortunate.