[rickmichaels]

“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself ― anything that carried the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: Facecrime, it was called.”

― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

[libstripper]

And those were just black and white telescreens. Just think of what a smart phone can do, along with addicting its 1user.

[lizma2]

"Facecrime"

Nick Sandmann

[frank ballenger]

Great post.

Only missing current terms like “digital cameras” or “facial recognition” but point is still the same.

I resent growing up with that novel about a 1984 future, then living past 1984, then the actual future is true now. Or in January, 2021. Couldn’t the human race have learned enough to NOT do the worst things?

[MarvinStinson]

Thanks for that.

Says it all.