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Steven Lyle Jordan · 07-27-2011, 09:36 AM

This great link from last August's ProsBeforeHos revisits a 2009 cartoon which presents clear evidence that we are not progressing to an Orwellian future... in fact, our world is becoming increasingly Huxleyan (and if that's not really a word, maybe it oughtta be).

It compares the "government oppression" tropes predicted by Orwell's 1984, and compares them to the "infinite distraction" tropes presented in Huxley's Brave New World. In each case, it is clear which prediction seems to have come true.

One in particular is relevant to MR members:

07-27-2011, 09:36 AM	#1
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Huxley was right, not Orwell. Just sayin'. This great link from last August's ProsBeforeHos revisits a 2009 cartoon which presents clear evidence that we are not progressing to an Orwellian future... in fact, our world is becoming increasingly Huxleyan (and if that's not really a word, maybe it oughtta be). It compares the "government oppression" tropes predicted by Orwell's 1984, and compares them to the "infinite distraction" tropes presented in Huxley's Brave New World. In each case, it is clear which prediction seems to have come true. One in particular is relevant to MR members: