Re:Aldous Huxleys book Brave New World from 1931. predicted ...
by AaronRamsey on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:17PM
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This article is veery well written. I read the book a long time ago and never thought Huxley would get almost everything right. "Technology controls the society", this one wasn't that hard to predict.
Re:Aldous Huxleys book Brave New World from 1931. predicted ...
by sushid on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:52PM
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Am I missing something? This is such a simple, short piece that I thought I missed a link to a second page.
Comparing Soma to SSRI or MDMA is nothing new and apart from that, there's no additional "analysis." At least refer to the their lack of a competitive lifestyle (e.g. a golf-esque game with no winners/losers), therapies like VPS for emotional attachment, frustration, etc. or electrotherapies administered to babies to ensure they upload the status quo (e.g. aversion to natural/free feelings for lower caste babies).
Re:Aldous Huxleys book Brave New World from 1931. predicted ...
by tdb7893 on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:26PM
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No book is for everyone I guess but I think calling it "just" Christian horror is oversimplifying. Especially because I don't think Huxley was very religious at all.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/huxley-or...
Comparing Soma to SSRI or MDMA is nothing new and apart from that, there's no additional "analysis." At least refer to the their lack of a competitive lifestyle (e.g. a golf-esque game with no winners/losers), therapies like VPS for emotional attachment, frustration, etc. or electrotherapies administered to babies to ensure they upload the status quo (e.g. aversion to natural/free feelings for lower caste babies).