Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen (May 2009)
Aldous Huxley (Author: “Brave New World”) vs. George Orwell (Author: Nineteen Eighty-Four)
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Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen (May 2009)
Aldous Huxley (Author: “Brave New World”) vs. George Orwell (Author: Nineteen Eighty-Four)
(Source: aisle7, via thefriendlysocialist)
Studying both of these texts in my Honors/English course at the moment. It’s so amazingly interesting. And also...
Or we could just say that Bradbury was EVEN more right. He said we would go Huxley and then allow Orwell.
hmm I’m going to have to read more on the Huxley…
I’ve read both of em and I never thought of them in this parallel before. Amazing.
I think the viewpoint expressed here has a lot of relevance to our world. At the same time SKYRIM exists. Everything you...