The relevant thing about 1984 is not the time by which this is "supposed to happen". The important give-away from the book is that when we (ppl of earth) allow

The relevant thing about 1984 is not the time by which this is "supposed to happen". The important give-away from the book is that when we (ppl of earth) allow our governments and the industry (in whatever form) to take that amount of control over our lives (it also doesn't matter what technical devices exactly are used etc.) we'll be screwed, similarly. What we face now is the point of no return in this development - that's why it's relevant now but probably won't be for some future (?) generations. Look around you how many use stuff like Alexa and how they use computers, their phones and what they think about their data. Already a big part of our society has lost the fear of someone taking away the freedom from them that we were used to when we grew up.