Lately with the influx of the home assistance gadgets, there are many people that are creeped out by the thought of them listening at all times. Personally, I welcome it.

The whole idea of Big Brother from George Orwell’s “1984” (great book by the way, highly recommend it) can happen at any moment — if it’s not already happening now.

It is such an imminent threat that I wouldn’t really be able to do any meaningful actions to prevent it, so why not let it happen?

I understand this is a unique viewpoint and it may be insane to some people, but I’ve come to mutual understanding that I will allow these companies to gather sensitive information about me in order to make my current life easier.

I mean, I bought a Google Pixel phone so I’ve pretty much just surrendered my life to Google. It knows everywhere I will be, at any time, for how long, and who I’m with.

It’s partly because I like to have an organized chaos in my life, and to do that and still stay somewhat sane I need my phone to assist me in every way possible.

If you’ve ever seen the “I can’t live without my phone” trope, just know that I am the living embodiment of it. Not because I need social media all the time, but I document my entire life, so that I don’t have to remember all things at all times.

And since these handy-dandy Chromebooks were issued to all of us, I’ve just gotten even more efficient about putting everything on Google. In the last year, I have gained 2GB of data on my Google Drive, and I’ve had to actually reason with myself if I should pay the $2 a month for 100GB for my personal Google Drive.

I feel like my generation is more at peace with letting our entire lives be controlled by technology, because we’ve just always grown up with it.

Besides, I don’t think big corporations have any use for a bunch of Gen Zs that are driving straight ahead into crippling debt from student loans.

So you know what, I would so much rather let Google control my life by telling me where I have to go, what I have to do, and keeping up with any and all responsibilities for the next five years before Big Brother actually becomes a reality and we all crumble into a dystopian society.

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