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Remember 1984? Not necessarily the year, but rather the Orwell novel which told of a society that always had Big Brother watching over you. If you move to today's world, it appears that we are all being watched at some point or another. And being watched can easily turn into being caught.

It's no secret that we live in a 24 hour world now.With technology making communication such a simple and instant affair, we can talk to anyone at anytime, regardless of wherever they live or whatever time zone they dwell in. Since we are in the information age, it stands to reason that information can and will be shared with others very quickly.

Cell phones were designed for the simple reason to just make calls while on the run. No longer would you need to find a quarter, then find a pay phone in order to make that call. But, cell phones soon became a tool used to report, rather than just to talk. Now, of course, if you have a cell phone and you see someone in distress and who needs assistance, you should definitely make that call. But, now there are eyewitness reports coming from cell phone callers of the most trivial things. Again, is that really necessary?

Now cell phones and other electronic items have video cameras built into them. Today, everyone can be a roving eyewitness reporter and get live, first-hand footage of any event just by turning on the cell phone and hitting the record button. From disasters like Hurricane Katrina to the Michael Richards meltdown, events, news and things that aren't so newsworthy were being caught and recorded on video cameras that are popping up just about everywhere.

Once the video is recorded, you know it's going to end up on the web. The internet is now the world's news network, and anyone who uploads a video or file onto the web is now a reporter. Everyone is watching everyone else, and everyone can't wait to tell everyone else what everyone else is doing. That is the essence of our completely connected technological world.