The Human Factor in Software Engineering

Do Science Fiction books predict future technical developments or does technical development imitate novels? Anyway, the TV set which observes people is now true: read here (in German). I think that this was an unnecessary development as we are already sufficiently observed by our computers and by the Internet. But, of course, if you want to observe older people, you must get into their living rooms and watch them on TV. Well, I have no TV anyway. Having no TV is an important measure of my efficient time management.