The novel Feed, by M.T Anderson, could be considered as a brave new world type of book. For it details a future society driven by a super tricked out computer, also known as the feed, in the back of one's brain. The Feed is constantly on and bombarding one with facts about this or that, and recommendations on what to buy. Anderson states in his afterword titled On Feed that he “began to conceive a story in which these media connections and social networking connections werent external, but within us all.” Yet, one downside to this is that one's lifeline is tied to the Feed. Basically, if the feed dies, the human dies as well. Definitely, this is linked to some of the overarching messages inked within the cream pages. First of all,
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The author also remarks, “we have at our fingertips knowledge and power like no other generation before us, and that’s intoxicating”(On Feed, Anderson). However, the shift of power can easily gain someone control, as demonstrated in the novel when Titus and his friends feeds are hacked (Anderson, p. 38-40). Furthermore, if desired, the hacker could have had a quite of bit of power at his fingertips if he had made them do anything they wished by just controlling their feeds. It is not a stretch to say that the society exhibits quite a fair amount of control over one’s life by just implanting them with the feed. Titus says with utter adoration, “everything we think and feel is taken in by the corporations, mainly by data ones like FeedLink and OnFeed, and they make a special profile, one that’s keyed just to you. . . so all you have to do is want something and there’s a chance it will be yours (Anderson, p. 48). However, he also entails, “ everyone is like, evil corporations, oh they are so bad, we all say that and we all know they control everything. Everyone feels bad about that, but they’re the only way to get stuff, and it’s no good getting pissy about it, because they’re still going to control everything whether you like it or not” (Anderson, p.
The author also remarks, “we have at our fingertips knowledge and power like no other generation before us, and that’s intoxicating”(On Feed, Anderson). However, the shift of power can easily gain someone control, as demonstrated in the novel when Titus and his friends feeds are hacked (Anderson, p. 38-40). Furthermore, if desired, the hacker could have had a quite of bit of power at his fingertips if he had made them do anything they wished by just controlling their feeds. It is not a stretch to say that the society exhibits quite a fair amount of control over one’s life by just implanting them with the feed. Titus says with utter adoration, “everything we think and feel is taken in by the corporations, mainly by data ones like FeedLink and OnFeed, and they make a special profile, one that’s keyed just to you. . . so all you have to do is want something and there’s a chance it will be yours (Anderson, p. 48). However, he also entails, “ everyone is like, evil corporations, oh they are so bad, we all say that and we all know they control everything. Everyone feels bad about that, but they’re the only way to get stuff, and it’s no good getting pissy about it, because they’re still going to control everything whether you like it or not” (Anderson, p.