Where do you think that concept of BigBrother is watching us,came from?

Question

Who thought of this first?

Answer 1

The book 1984 by George Orwell

Answer 2

"Big Brother" is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence. In the society that Orwell describes, everyone is under complete surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase "Big Brother is watching you", which is the core "truth" of the propaganda system in this state. The physical description of "Big Brother" is reminiscent of Joseph Stalin or Lord Kitchener.

His wartime work for the BBC (published in the collections George Orwell: The Lost Writings, and The War Commentaries) gave him a solid taste of bureaucratic hypocrisy and may have provided the inspiration for his invention of "newspeak," the truth-denying language of Big Brother's rule in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Answer 3

All I can think of is George Orwell's novel 1984. It may have orginated long before that, but the concept of Big Brother was introduced to me personally via that novel.

Answer 4

George Orwell in '1984'

Answer 5

George Orwell in his book entitled "1984".

Answer 6

Ah, but where did Orwell get the idea? Here are some possibilities:

"In the essay section of his novel 1985, Anthony Burgess states that Orwell got the idea for Big Brother from advertising hoardings current during World War II for educational correspondence courses run by a company called Bennett's.
The original posters are claimed to have shown Bennett himself - a kindly looking old man offering guidance and support to would-be students, with the slogan: "Let me be your father."
When Bennett died, his company was inherited by his son, whose rather aggressive-looking face appeared on the posters instead, accompanied by the unappealing slogan: "Let me be your big brother."
Big Brother is also said to have originated from a combination of Stalin and Hitler. Many of Stalin's and Hitler's traits are portrayed in Big Brother. Their ideas on government are shown in Big Brother. Their ideas of weaker people are shown in Big Brother. They even share some physical traits.
The ideological basis for Big Brother likely comes from Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, particularly the discussion of the science of history in part two of that book's epilogue. Napoleon Bonaparte and various other military and political figures traditionally revered as geniuses, are presented in the theory of history Tolstoy opposes as the cause of the movement of humanity and nations. Orwell appears to call upon this previous work by his invention of just such a patriarchal figure.
The historical background during which Orwell wrote his work included several national leaders who had held considerable power, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, German chancellor Adolf Hitler, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin. Stalin, among other leaders, is often cited to have developed a cult of personality around himself.
Additionally, Big Brother's omnipotent, omniscient, eternal, and non-verifiable nature (as well as his demand for absolute obedience) have led some to suggest that Big Brother may have been a parody of God."

Personally, I've sometimes wondered whether Orwell had read "The Great Gatsby" before writing "1984":

"In "The Great Gatsby," the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg stared out upon the ashen urban landscape from an old billboard in Queens. Dr. Eckleburg's practice had long since vanished, but his gigantic blue eyes, framed by enormous yellow spectacles, continued to watch in seeming judgment the striving, hapless denizens of 1920's New York.

Answer 7

About 6 thousand years ago when the monetary system replaced security and comfort art and beauty peace and freedom by prejudicing each others value for their effort, instead of "from each according to their ability, to each other according to their need. .

Answer 8

Scary how acurate Orwell was. Just off by a few years...