Assange Warns of Google's Orwellian Vision

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made his views on Google's intentions clear in an op-ed for The New York Times, using the failed smart glasses as a rhetorical device.

In the article, he critiqued the book 'The New Digital Age' by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, which outlined Google's vision for reshaping the world.

Assange likened people wearing Google Glass to 'a boot stamping on a human face,' drawing from George Orwell's prophecy in 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.'

He believed that the modern form of this Orwellian vision is centered around consumer technology, and gadgets like Google Glass are tools that would sap users' independence and privacy.