Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley · first published 1958
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In 1958, Aldous Huxley wrote what might be called a sequel to his novel Brave New World, published in 1932, but it was a sequel that did not revisit the story or the characters, or re-enter the world of the novel. Instead, he revisited that world in a set of 12 essays. Taking a second look at specific aspects of the future Huxley imagined in Brave New World, Huxley meditated on how his fantasy seemed to be turning into reality, frighteningly and much more quickly than he had ever dreamed.That he had been so prophetic in 1931 about the dystopian future gave Huxley no comfort. He was a far mo
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…answer. I really believe that over a certain size, widespread free-thinking is almost an impossibility. A really interesting exploration of those sorts of ideas is reading Huxley's Brave New World, Brave New World Revisited and Island as a trilogy. I've read Gato's book that this essay is taken from, and he does a good job of stating the problem, but doesn't step far enough into it to look at how you restructure society…
on “The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher” ↗Interesting on the topic as well is Huxley's Brave New World Revisited. As I recall he postured that democratic systems would come under significant strain if the world population reached 2 billion. :-)
on “Why the Smart VCs Are Boarding their Jets” ↗can't help to think about Brave New World where they basically do that for inferior-cast humans. A great read. I recommend the sequel Brave New World Revisited Those looks like to be the full texts (didn't verify): https://www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html https://www.huxley.net/bnw-revisited/
on “Orca that carried dead calf for weeks appears to be in mourning again” ↗One of my most fascinating reads of all time was "Brave New World Revisited" (1950s I think), a follow-up of "Brave New World" (1920s I think) by Aldous Huxley. Similarly, the point then was how the mass media and TV would eventually be used to mislead and deflect populations'…
on “Review of 1984 by Isaac Asimov (1980)” ↗Yap, Brave New World is much more interesting to those who want to understand what might be our future than 1984. I believe that's common sense to those who read both novels. Also interesting is Brave New World Revisited, a book written 30 years after he's other book where he compares it with 1984 by Orwell. He also makes some guesses about the future[1]. I love dystopias and Brave New World is the best. spoiler [1]…
on “Aldous Huxley was right, not George Orwell” ↗…Pickwickian sense. Meanwhile the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit." Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited (1958)
on “Is democracy a failure? (1861)” ↗…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled…
on “The most telling part of “1984″ is the appendix” ↗…truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with [indulgences]." "As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists, who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny, “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” "In 1984, people are controlled by…
on “‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study” ↗…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled…
on “#Love: Virtually No Sex” ↗…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions.""
on “Six corporations control 90% of America media” ↗…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled…
on “Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?” ↗…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley re marked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled…
on “Amazon Echo Show” ↗> – Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, 1958 I really love the way this man crafted his words in a series of evocative imagery that just jumps out at you as you read along. To date, I seriously cannot find a person with a better mastery of…
on “Aldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace (1958)” ↗Aldous Huxley did Brave New World Revisited. Did Orwell revisit 1984 later in life?
…would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled…
on “Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?” ↗