Here in the UK, we have one fifth of all the CCTV cameras in the entire world watching us, the number one most spied on people on the planet.

We also are number ten country, in terms of smartphone penetration, with 69 percent of us carrying one, a device that allows the mobile phone companies to know our real time locations to an accuracy of within a few feet.

George Orwell would have puked himself, and yet, by and large, everything feels fine lol.

Most people like that the CCTV allows the police to catch criminals quickly, and most people love having a walking satnav ever on hand. We feel safer, and we don't get lost.

In the end, it all depends on whether we trust the Government. By and large, I do trust the current political system. As long as the Government is on our side, it's all good.

But if an authoritarian Government ever were to rise in the UK, we will be so easy to herd around like sheep, we won't know what hit us. :-0