Big Tech Is Big Brother

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🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

George Orwell's fictionalized world where Big Brother reigns supreme is no longer a figment of the imagination, but a prophetic vision of present-day threats. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, explains how and why Big Tech is making Orwell’s 1984 a 21st century reality.

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0:00.0	The year is 1984.
0:03.0	One company, Microsoft, dominates the computer world.
0:07.3	It's their way or the highway.
0:09.6	Conform or die.
0:11.1	This snapshot in time was perfectly captured in one of the most famous commercials in
0:15.9	TV history.
0:17.6	Set in a gray dystopian future, row after row of men stare blankly at a giant screen
0:24.4	from which Big Brother, the all-powerful leader from George Orwell's classic novel 1984
0:31.1	addresses him.
0:32.6	Suddenly, riot police burst into the hall, chasing a beautiful blonde woman in a white
0:37.9	shirt and red shorts.
0:39.8	Before they can grab her, she hurls a sledgehammer into the screen, shattering Big Brother and
0:45.6	his grip on the masses.
0:47.5	The narrator informs us that Apple's breakthrough product, the Macintosh computer, will be the
0:53.9	device that sets us all free.
0:57.2	Looking back, Apple largely lived up to its promise.
1:00.4	A new wave of companies, each in its own way, followed the example set by Apple's legendary
1:06.2	CEO, Steve Jobs.
1:08.9	Google gave us instant access to vast amounts of information.
1:13.2	Facebook gave us a new way to connect with friends, family, and the world.
1:18.8	Twitter brought this world to us in real time.
1:22.6	On YouTube allowed anyone with a smartphone to become a virtual broadcast network onto
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