George Orwell predicted modern surveillance.

On June 8th, 1949, George Orwell published his would-be iconic vision of a dystopian future in which three “super-states” were constantly at war, and the general population was highly regulated and controlled. A large part of that frightening reality is one that actually hits close to reality now: State surveillance. “Big Brother” was always watching in the book, and with satellite cameras, public cameras, and (very likely) the secret service actively listening, the modern reality is strikingly close to how Orwell described it.