In 1932, Aldous Huxley published the chilling novel Brave New World.
Full of dire predictions and sinister concepts, the novel has a tendency to strike a deep sense of foreboding and uneasiness.
The picture of the future which Huxley paints for us stands in sharp contrast to other similar works to with which Brave New World is often compared.
For example, while George Orwell’s 1984 portrays a dark, sinister regime in which the oppressed populous are controlled by propaganda, government surveillance, and most of all pain, Brave New World tells a story in which pleasure, not pain is used to control and manipulate.
While Orwell feared a government which would hide the truth in order to maintain control; Huxley feared a world in which the truth would be shoved into obscurity by a sea of amusement and entertainment.
So true! A chilling reminder.
seems like we are currently living in an amalgamation of the two visions...