In some ways, the bar for bravery is very low now. Most people seem so locked into their lives that just walking outside without their phone can seem like a heroic adventure. Not very long ago, society was more dangerous in more places. Life really was more nasty, brutish, and short. read more
In some ways, the bar for bravery is very low now. Most people seem so locked into their lives that just walking outside without their phone can seem like a heroic adventure. read more
Huxley himself described its theme as “the advancement of science as it affects human individuals.”[1] Brave New World Revisited (1958) deplored its vision of the over orderly dystopia “where perfect efficiency left no room for freedom or personal initiative.”[2] Yet Brave New World has a deeper meaning: a warning, by way of a grim portrait, of life in a world which has fled from God and lost all awareness of the transcendent. read more