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Many of the most seminal dystopian novels are chilling for the extent to which they depict a “new normal” of human existence. By this I mean that these novels don’t just portray people oppressed or living under the thumb of a ruling class or technologically-imposed social structure—no, the best dystopian novels create a world in which people are happy, or at least satisfied, with the new status quo. Nineteen Eighty-Four,
Brave New World
, and
Fahrenheit 451
all do this to some extent.
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A dystopian future awaits us although in this case, not one that was thrust upon us, but rather one in which we have carelessly walked into. Our relentless drive towards automating everything, our pursuit of pleasure and rugged individualism has led to a society in which we are run by robots and humans have become hopelessly uneducated, permanently drugged out of their minds and are losing the will to live.
Now things are falling apart. No one knows how to read anymore or how anything works, most ...more
Now things are falling apart. No one knows how to read anymore or how anything works, most ...more
what a marvelous little book.
at its core is a question--how many of us would give up the life of the mind, if we had the choice? tevis' answer is, a lot. and however much one is uncomfortable with the thought, one cannot but have a sneaking suspicion that his answer is in fact the correct one.
in tevis' future, robots have taken over all the drudgery of life--making food, toasters, clothes, running sewer systems and city buses and fast food outlets. theoretically this leaves the rest of us to mor ...more
at its core is a question--how many of us would give up the life of the mind, if we had the choice? tevis' answer is, a lot. and however much one is uncomfortable with the thought, one cannot but have a sneaking suspicion that his answer is in fact the correct one.
in tevis' future, robots have taken over all the drudgery of life--making food, toasters, clothes, running sewer systems and city buses and fast food outlets. theoretically this leaves the rest of us to mor ...more
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