Contrary to the Orwell’s lack of accuracy, Aldous Huxley was able to accurately define the modern world as blinded from lasting issues as a product of insignificant distractions. Rather than contained by the power of others, Huxley believed that we would deprive our own autonomy and maturity through our ongoing human desire for amusement. The use of cable television has increasingly drifted away from important news and political events to a world of pleasurable reality shows, sports, and movies. Though Huxley’s dystopian world contained a drug called soma for increase in passivity and happiness, the entertaining content of watched television has a similar effect. In fact, the popularity of modern sports has proved Aldous Huxley’s vision accurate.
