Brave New World

A painful re-reading but hard not to conclude that Huxley had it way more directionally right than Orwell or any other future fiction authors.

on HN, 2018

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.

on HN, 2017

Much like in Brave New World, we have soma-like drugs, distractions and trivialities occupying people while they accept the world as it is and even shy away from wanting to change things.

on HN, 2017

Just being able to discuss those books with others who have read them have opened up some amazing conversations.

on HN, 2017

I liked the very direct way Huxley categorizes humans in his alpha to epsilon system and how everyone knew where they stood.

on HN, 2008