[pcottraux]

I still vote we are way closer to becoming Brave New World than the other two,

I think that's because Huxley covered more bases. 1984 was purely about rule-through-terror and Fahrenheit primarily focuses on media censorship. Brave New World goes way further into genetic breeding (crafting human beings without a desire for freedom), a government that keeps people in line by getting them addicted and dependent on feel-good drugs, unlimited sex, mindless entertainment...

The hopelessness of today's society is, how could this generation fight in a war or lead a revolution against tyranny? Just threaten to take their Facebook away and they'll obey whatever you order.

Maybe we weren’t meant to know what some guy in China instantly thinks about the new Star Wars in real time, much less our family and friends.

Our technological advancements have certainly far outpaced what our minds were designed to handle. How long it's sustainable is unclear.

[Ransomed]

“The hopelessness of today’s society is, how could this generation fight in a war or lead a revolution against tyranny?”

Our poorest are the most likely to be obese, and are the most entertained poor people ever. These are things that have never happened before... We are living a science fiction dystopian future. How can there ever be any sort of civil unrest when that is the case? I guess there could be a first time.

“...a government that keeps people in line by getting them addicted and dependent on feel-good drugs, unlimited sex, mindless entertainment...

Imagine where we will be in 50 years. We are pretty far down the slope in 2018, in my opinion. Maybe something uncontrollable will stop the slide. But I suspect it just slowly gets worse year by year, just never enough so anyone wants to risk what they have to fight it.

Freegards

[alexander_busek]

Ransomed: Maybe we weren’t meant to know what some guy in China instantly thinks about the new Star Wars in real time, much less our family and friends.

pcottraux: Our technological advancements have certainly far outpaced what our minds were designed to handle. How long it's sustainable is unclear.

Should we instead have perhaps some govt. agency that "protects" us against the unsolicited opinions of "guys in China?"

Or do we attempt to "put the genie back into the bottle?"

Regards,