in the late 1940s, george orwell imagined a dystopian future
where a global surveillance system was used to monitor and control all citizens.
independent thinking was censored and holding unorthodox or controversial thoughts opposing or questioning those in power was considered a criminal act:
a THOUGHTCRIME.
the classified information leaked by former CIA employee,
edward snowden, in 2013 not only shocked the public opinion
but also showed the disturbing and frightening similarities
between the world we live in today and that of orwell’s fiction.