George Orwell's 1984 book predicts the problems occurring today. The most pressing subject of the book, also seen today, is dehumanization. Dehumanization is the deprivation of one's human qualities or attributes, thereby removing one's individuality. Today this is happening because people are losing their freedoms of privacy, expression and thought. If no changes are made, America will become a stupid and easily controlled society. The government appears to be suppressing more privacy than it claims to protect. In 1984, citizens were under constant surveillance, wherever they were, with no escape. “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in a public place or within range of a television screen. The slightest thing could give you away” (Orwell 62). Party members were constantly monitored, at the slightest sign of disloyalty they were apprehended by the thought police, sowing fear in the population. People had no privacy because of the government and this can now be seen today. Referring to the NSA, "the agency has bypassed or hacked much of the encryption, or digital scrambling, that protects global commerce and banking systems, protects sensitive data like trade secrets and medical records, and automatically secures emails, web searches, Internet. chats and phone calls from Americans and others around the world" (Lopez np). The growing use of the Internet and technology makes it easier for the government to spy on us. Like in 1984, they will soon be able to track everyone of our movements. There is no way to completely distance ourselves from technology, there are steps we can take to protect privacy. One solution is to keep more records on paper rather than online. what is posted on social media should be limited. The less information you give them, the less the government knows Communication between people is in decline, which also leads to dehumanization Newspeak, which will soon become the language. official of Oceania, was designed to suppress even the possibility of free thought "The very purpose of Newspeak is to restrict the range of thought" (Orwell: 52). thoughtless. “Every year, fewer and fewer words, and the scope of consciousness always a little smaller.” Hearing this excerpt from the book, texting comes to mind. Not only does this eliminate basic human communication, but also grammar and sentence structure. According to the Pew Research Center, today 80% of cell phone owners send text messages, up from 58% in 2007 (Pew np).