podcast on futuretech
I have some bits in here...
http://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-meanwhi...
My parts are fragments from a longer phone interview on the general subject of in vitro gestation.
Ta, L.
http://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-meanwhi...
My parts are fragments from a longer phone interview on the general subject of in vitro gestation.
Ta, L.
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May 16, 2015 11:14AM
No mention of Brave New World! Shocking!
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Karl wrote: "No mention of Brave New World! Shocking!"Yeah, well, kids these days...
I read it, good grief, 50 years ago, before I knew beans about Britain. Retrospectively, it seemed to me an extended metaphor about the British class system and issues, but I've not reread it since to cross-check that impression. Regarding just the reproductive tech, it struck me as being a very narrow vision of what all might be done; I wanted to widen that out in my own take.
Ta, L.
Lois wrote: "Regarding just the reproductive tech, it struck me as being a very narrow vision of what all might be done; I wanted to widen that out in my own take."BNW crammed an entire culture in one book. Consumerism from the 1930s perspective is part of it. His Fordship gave us this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-YM...
What would uterine replicators do to consumerism? What would people give up for them?
I saw Brave New World as being about the fact that most people would prefer a comfortable prison to uncomfortable freedom. Only a few (the ones who end up exiled to the island) refused to stay in the "feather bed" designed by the Controllers, prioritising freedom and self-determination over comfort and ease.
