Big Brother

In 1948, George Orwell wrote a book titled 1984. When he wrote it, the year 1984 seem like an eternity away. It was based on the premise of "Big Brother". Big Brother was a form of government that watched over everything civilians did and they had to suffer the ramifications for their actions. In 2004 , Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook. Society jumped on the idea. I do not think that anyone did, nor for that matter, does, realize that we have created a self imposed Big Brother. There is no privacy in the world. People post what they do, where they go and everything in between. Families have found out about pregnancies and divorces through Facebook. People have lost their jobs because of it, when pictures that are no ones business are posted and viewed by the wrong people. Have we become a society where "curiosity killed the cat". I am one of the few people that never joined Facebook. My personal life is just that.... personal. I have no curiosity about the nameless, faceless, millions that are linked to each other by the premise of being a friend. If someone has 500 friends, it is about 493 too many. We have compromised ourselves in the worst way and are too absorbed in other people's business to realize it. If you are on Facebook, remember, Big Brother is ALWAYS watching.