"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no..."

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egotism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the 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 some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. In 1984, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.”

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Neil Postman, comparing and contrasting 1984 and Brave New World

I ask you, which book is more relevant to our time?

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Published on April 06, 2015 19:41
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