6. Handheld technology <\/p>\n
Beyonce takes a selfie Photo: Beyonce.com <\/p>\n
If you thought the art of taking a perfect selfie was only practiced by the Instagram generation, think again. <\/p>\n
Here are a few examples of when art inadvertently predicted the future. <\/p>\n
5. Big Brother <\/p>\n
George Orwell's 1984 Photo: Penguin\/AP <\/p>\n
OK, so the selfie may not have been predicted in ancient times, but George Orwell knew exactly what was going on back in 1949. <\/p>\n
Big Brother is watching you, wrote the India-born author in his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four. <\/p>\n
His vision of a surveillance society in which governments monitor and keep tabs on what we are doing is a reality today. <\/p>\n
Big Brother on the big screen <\/p>\n
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