Brave New World

[ob1quixote]

Mike Wallace interviews Aldous Huxley, 18th May, 1958. Aldous Huxley was apparently either a time traveler or could see 50 years into the future. I promise you this interview is worth your full attention.

via Boing Boing

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[morgnthehated]

You mean technology can be abused, REALLY? I am going to have to use the "all technology is morally neutral" quote sometime in the future. It sums up how I feel about guns. This interview was fascinating though, thanks for sharing and I'm glad someone else is on the same wavelength about our current state of affairs.

Re: That was very interesting...

[ob1quixote]

By all means please read the book, but if you're pressed for time the SciFi channel mini-series featuring Leonard Nimoy is far less nuanced but hits most of the high points. Sadly, I can't seem to find it on DVD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World_%28film%29

http://www.huxley.net/

2005 Combined Paperback Edition of Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

[necessary]

I definitely enjoyed that interview (enough that I proceeded to forward it to several friends and my dad). Thanks for posting it. Makes me think that I might not be being entirely paranoid in raving the way I do about the things I do.

[arcstone]

I'm with necessary on this one.