1984, Version 2.0 (Cloud Edition)

I watched the 1984 movie two weeks ago and I'm reading the book now. It seems to me that the book and movie could use some modernization based on advances in technology and organizational techniques:

• TV screens that can look back at you and hear what you are saying was a logical next step given the technology at the time, but now we can do better. We can reduce the TV screen to the size of a short paperback book and have everyone carry one around in their pockets or purses.
• Big Brother doesn't need to be done by government. Outsourcing and privatization are things now and the book would be made more relevant to current times by incorporating elements of each. The cell phone companies would be an obvious choice for this function. 
• The Ministry of Truth also doesn't need to be a government function. Mainstream media today already presents a consistent message. We could bring the book up to date by having them manage what is official truth. And there's no need to bother with memory holes; burning old documents is wasteful and increases our carbon footprint; everything important is online anyway. If the old version of the official truth is more than a couple of weeks old, just leave the old articles up; only a handful of people will even bother looking and even if they tell others, no one will care. If it hasn't been two weeks yet, just change the article in place. No one will notice.
• The Thought Police was a good idea at the time, but we now know that trying to completely eradicate wrongthink is an unnecessary waste of resources. We could improve the book by having wrongthink allowed, but reducing its ability to affect others. Let people think what they want, even let them post it on social media, but take it down if it goes against the official truth as outlined above and gets too many views.
• And while we're on the subject of social media, the Two Minutes Hate seems unambitious. If we add social media to the book, we can have hate 24/7/365. 
• In the book, razor blades were hard to come by but gin was plentiful. Again, good but outdated. We can bring the book up to date by having barbershops be closed but marijuana dispensaries open. 

I believe that if we make the above changes to the book, it would be both more relevant and timely.

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