Everyday important things happen around us, things that make a huge impact on today and the future. Unfortunately very few of people in our society have their focus on these realistic events because they are too occupied by the distraction of television shows and social media which neither have any relevance to our world today. Now the question is whether our society is purposely diverting our attention to insignificant entertainment to hide crucial information? In Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, he writes about a society whose citizens are censored from the realities we face in our society. Aging, murder, suffering, diseases, pain, love, and relationships are some of the few things that the people in Brave New World are prevented
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With all these things come suffering with social media you have the chance of being made fun of, alcohol brings a hang over and kills your liver, and relationships can fall apart. Huxley says, “Happiness is never grand” (Huxley 221). He says this because anything that provides pleasure will cost a sacrifice of some kind. In Brave New World they sacrifice science, high arts, religion, and loved ones. Brave New World has some similarities to our world but also has differences. Huxley point out, “Because our world is not the same as Othello’s world” (Huxley 220). The world state sensors a lot of things that are important aspect of our lives and society. All though our government may try to censor some of the things we can say or do, they aren’t nearly as severe. A big similarity between the two worlds is technology, both our world and the World state surround ourselves with the consumption of technology. Postman suggests, “I don’t think any of us can do much about the rapid growth of new technology, a new technology helps fuel the economy, and any discussion on slowing its growth has to take account of economic consequences. However it is possible for us to learn how to control our own uses of technology” (Neil Postman). Much similar to the World State, our economy thrives off the use of technology. Without the creation of new technology, people wouldn’t be spend large amounts of money on a product. In addition, technology creates conveniences for us which increase the production of things. This is extremely comparable to Brave New World because their society and economy is much like this but a bit more extreme about the use of technology. To any society, technology is a bug relevance in today's
With all these things come suffering with social media you have the chance of being made fun of, alcohol brings a hang over and kills your liver, and relationships can fall apart. Huxley says, “Happiness is never grand” (Huxley 221). He says this because anything that provides pleasure will cost a sacrifice of some kind. In Brave New World they sacrifice science, high arts, religion, and loved ones. Brave New World has some similarities to our world but also has differences. Huxley point out, “Because our world is not the same as Othello’s world” (Huxley 220). The world state sensors a lot of things that are important aspect of our lives and society. All though our government may try to censor some of the things we can say or do, they aren’t nearly as severe. A big similarity between the two worlds is technology, both our world and the World state surround ourselves with the consumption of technology. Postman suggests, “I don’t think any of us can do much about the rapid growth of new technology, a new technology helps fuel the economy, and any discussion on slowing its growth has to take account of economic consequences. However it is possible for us to learn how to control our own uses of technology” (Neil Postman). Much similar to the World State, our economy thrives off the use of technology. Without the creation of new technology, people wouldn’t be spend large amounts of money on a product. In addition, technology creates conveniences for us which increase the production of things. This is extremely comparable to Brave New World because their society and economy is much like this but a bit more extreme about the use of technology. To any society, technology is a bug relevance in today's