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Huxley takes industrialization to task, using the slippery slope argument to imagine a future with no deprivation or rebellion, but also no art, no literature, no relationships or families. Is losing meaningfulness the cost of happiness?
What if we took automation to its extreme, and mass-produced humans, customizing them in-vitro for their intended purposes? And with sex, drugs, and mindless entertainment to keep everyone happily distracted, no one will ever complain.
It's interesting to contras ...more
What if we took automation to its extreme, and mass-produced humans, customizing them in-vitro for their intended purposes? And with sex, drugs, and mindless entertainment to keep everyone happily distracted, no one will ever complain.
It's interesting to contras ...more
Read this once long, long ago. I have been reminded that I really should read it again. Considering that the last time I read this was... when I was 12? 14? - somewhere in there - I should definitely go pick it up again.
Less than halfway through: What is up with that section with everyone talking but no indication of who is talking at what point? I could easily figure out who was speaking at the time but what was the point?
Less than halfway through: What is up with that section with everyone talking but no indication of who is talking at what point? I could easily figure out who was speaking at the time but what was the point?
I had to read this for a theology course in college so my feelings about the book are probably a little different than they might be if I had just read it on my own. I should re-read it someday to see if I like it more/less now.
I read this as a teenager and forgot most of it; it was definitely worth a re-read. I wouldn't call it wonderful literature, but understand why it's a classic.
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one of my favorite future-world books
Jul 28, 2009
Meg
marked it as to-read
