@sapinker BNW is a satire. Satires often confuse critics, especially those writing 8 decades later. It's about Mussolini, Henry Ford, etc.
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@harpersnotes@sapinker I agree. That critic has misread BNW as a failed prophecy rather than a satire of social trends in Huxley's own time
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BTW, Huxley had contempt for the masses? Good thing he's dead, he'd be apoplectic
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@sapinker IIRC, "Brave New World" was a response to H. G. Wells' "The World Set Free", exploring the transformative nature of nuclear powerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Just thinking, I can see why someone accused of scientism might not like a satirical novel about scientism running amok.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Huxley had blind spots, e.g. portrayal of women seems sexist. But BNW was prescient in some ways, e.g. Postman on mass media.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The sex thing is outright wrong. The divorce rate has climbed and impoverished single-mother households becoming preeminent.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker So true. Still, he's quite amusing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker All dystopias premised on loathing of the masses, as are most Utopias. Both skew towards Fascism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker @evilb1000 human nature is the constant-the malleable part is society, more dated than overrated...my opinion but I laugh at fartsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Aldous Huxley's book on The Perennial Philosophy is more representative of his mystical world-view.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I would say Huxley was unerringly accurate and actually underestimated the malleability of human nature!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Still very interesting though. A lot of food for thought in that book. Like 1984. The homeless are "Unpersons". -
@ThPeterLockhart@sapinker I agree. Brave New World and 1984 should be read together for their contrasting visions of dystopian risks.
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