Aldous Huxley and Brave New World: The Dark Side of Pleasure

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[@academyofideas]

I highly recommend checking out both the novel Brave New World, as well as Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited where he discusses the elements of his fictional dystopian society he thought would prove a threat in the near future. Find the affiliate links below: Brave New World Revisited: amzn.to/2tgGgO8 Brave New World: amzn.to/2Mathok You can read the transcript of the video here: academyofideas.com/2018/06/aldous-huxley-brave-new-world-dark-side-of-pleasure

[@imsart7013]

Academy of Ideas I love your shit and your pillow soft voice. You've helped me grow like a Lot. But I'm sorry I kinda downloaded your vedios to listen to over and over, I don't think that's alright since you should be getting views to help out your channel. Sorry and thank you what you do. I hope one day I can do what you do

[@imsart7013]

Rontimus wow nice I never thought of it that way, thx.

[@PF777]

Rontimus I don't feel like he misses the point. His argumentation just revolves around other concepts but are still valid points. That being said what you say is also very important and maybe he can develop that aspect of Brave New World in another video or make a focused video on nihilism. Cheers!

[@2Hesiod]

We have a psychiatric pharmacological archipelago. Please see Thomas Szasz' books: Coercion As Cure & Science of Lies.

[@kenanalcantara7397]

Do you have more books to recommend in the field of psychology

[@uhlijohn]

"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, a person running in the opposite direction appears to be insane." - C.S. Lewis

[@johnchen7117]

Fabulous quote. Thnx !

[@charleswilson7371]

That did it! I'm ready to revolt! I hope the entire nation does it.

[@cgrooney9945]

i like the cliff analogy because it reminds me of growing up, my parents and pretty much all kids used to know the phrase "if ___ jumped off a bridge would you" todays society seems more like "hey ___ is jumping off a bridge, why AREN'T you?"

[@tommyking7430]

Unbelievable quote, so so telling of the modern world

[@maturemichelle587]

🥰💣

[@CompilerHack]

This is the content I like to be distracted with.

[@orsonwelles4254]

The Compiler Always talking about life, but never living it

[@Scott-vd2le]

Orson Welles what do you mean?

[@kongtzi2704]

We need to redefine entertainment when it comes to content that encourages self-awareness. Philosophy IS after all a leisure activity but it's the only one that does question what is the essence of time and how should we use it.

[@FromAnArtistsMind]

Aayush Adhikari it’s realizing you need to do what you feel strongly in your heart. What pulls you, and in turn is your happiness. Doing and not just watching others do. The people who make these videos, are doing. They are apart of the system, as we all are. But simply being aware of the bondage’s that bind us is enough to become free from our mental slavery and live life.

[@imaniushindifanga127]

It just goes round and round ... does it not?

[@hayastan4779]

"I want not a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." -J.D. Rockefeller Created the general education board.

[@feriafyre]

Indoctrinate them early and they won't even realize they're Slaves.

[@tonybonesLD]

Slavery Training Camps

[@AGirlHasNoName829]

Yet the "educated" are the most blind....

[@coryblakewideawake3071]

@@AGirlHasNoName829 I woke up once I dropped out of highschool and started learning on my own

[@brandonb4559]

I read this quote in David Ickes ‘The Answer’. Great book.

[@captainbeyond8668]

the more society distances itself from the truth, the more it hates those who reveal it - G. Orwell

[@skwilson34]

I wish I could give this comment more likes.

[@crosstolerance]

"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." -Aldous Huxley No truer words have been spoken.

[@crosstolerance]

@Sir HonkalotI don't think Jesus Christ had any bearing on what is true. I'm not a religious person.

[@cyranodeluk]

@@crosstolerance Jesus Christ IS Truth. He is the very essense of Truth. He said it Himself, "I am the way, the truth and the life. Nobody comes to the Father except through me."

[@ghanaria7996]

Kona Kevin but if jesus christ isn’t real, then he isn’t the truth. Just because an old book says its real, does not make it real. Anybody can write a book, and say jesus christ said this.

[@cyranodeluk]

@@ghanaria7996 Your mind must be blown that all of history and the civilized world's calendar is divided by the birth and death of this one fictional character.

[@ghanaria7996]

Kona Kevin I know that time is constructed by before JC and after JC. And I know he had played a huge role in how our society came to be. However, I don’t believe that JC was real and how he had supernatural powers, and was the son of god (or is god, i think depending on the religion). He may have been a real human, but that is it. What I meant previously was that he is (most likely) not truth and that anyone can write a book saying “this is what jesus said so do what he tells you to do”. I’m very skeptic about how people write history, because it will change how a group of people were viewed for the rest of humanity. We don’t really know what happened during previous generations because we weren’t alive to see it happen. All we can go on is our intuition and how the survivor’s tell the story (survivorship bias). Also, if god is real, I would not spend eternity with him in heaven. He let many innocent people suffer and his ‘death for our sins’ is nothing compared to how some people die. Some experience excruciating torture and are left to die slowly. There are deaths worse than being crucified.

[@reaganberry6186]

I can't remember what experiment it is. But when rats are put in a cage and can choose water with or without cocaine, the rat always chose the cocaine. But when the rat was given a park wonderland for rats, almost none chose water with cocaine in it. Drugs are only needed to make you feel content when your inside a cage.

[@mozart7820]

Reagan Berry fuck, yeah man.

[@laurabarber6697]

Reagan Berry so in other words the only reason why you need to escape your reality is when it is not meeting your needs and or is not making you happy.

[@reaganberry6186]

Yeah. Anyone who puts themselves in a cage, even metaphorically speaking. Suggests that we want to do what we can to escape that reality

[@mmikaojONE]

That classic study is called "Rat Park". Interesting reading for anyone who's curious

[@mcgeufer]

There was a new test where the rats were in a cage but they could choose between cocaine and Water with sugar. Most of the rats preferred the sugar water, even though all of them were already adictet to cocaine.

[@Eric_Luke]

I quit my miserable job 5 years ago and have been systemically giving up things that helped dull my reality: alcohol, drugs, junk food, TV binging, excessive social media, and my old uninspiring friends. It’s taken a while, but I’m retuning my brain to crave the joy from exercise, healthy eating, creativity, meeting new people, and anything else that requires hard work but actually makes you a better person in the long term. Once you know that feeling, nothing else will do.

[@BiancaCastello11]

Same hear! And letting go of sugar has been a sneaky one. Did you join any communities with like-minded people?

[@Eric_Luke]

@@BiancaCastello11 Yes! I’ve joined a few communities based in wellness & conscious living here in Venice Beach. I love how everyone is on a journey of self-expansion and creativity. It’s inspiring 💫

[@fire.smok3]

I admire you for that and hope to do the same

[@MysticFiddler1]

Two years later: Now we've morphed into a dystopian hell.

[@juliebella1221]

I was just thinking that and saw most commented a year ago and see this only two weeks ago...many have known all this stuff their whole lives and fought against it. They threw them in prisons and loony bins. The question I want answered is why do we who want to leave with all our hearts and souls and NEVER liked it here are stuck here with all the willingly asleep people? Why isn't there a choice for us...like they could put us back to sleep, but they don't...all anyone has come up with is they feed off of our misery here. Any thoughts? Either way, September 2020 almost over and the awake are beyond bored, beyond sick, beyond tired....they kill us with mental boredom...how many "bad" choices due to I'm soooo bored... Take care and be well mate!

[@katmannsson]

I've got some >bad news< for you. We've been here for a lot longer than trump.

[@icu71]

@@juliebella1221 My understanding is we all chose to be here to help those who still sleep. We are all here together and as I see it we need to help others to wake up. Bored? There is no time for boredom, there is work to do.

[@juliebella1221]

@@icu71 With respect, I have heard that line from y'all my whole life and it means what? Truly? I'm not sure of what to think after watching countless live horrible unfair lives for decades and then die helpless, "trying to help" or are now barely hanging on. Can you tell me just what/who are we "waking up?" Or this, do you have children? Do you have animals? Do you take care of them? Not pay for them and have others do the emotional labor, teaching, paperwork, cooking, cleaning etc? You actually do it and they love and like you - not just do your bidding or starve if not type situation)? There is a difference between those who actually do and those who say they do. The Bible (buy bull - I am not religious but it is evil's playbook - I lived is Devil eye/i backwords) said women should weep for themselves as we will want mountains to fall on us this place is so horrible to us and that we will envy breasts that don't give suck and single Mom's are the poorest in the world, by design, and no one shames the men who force the abortions or leave the kids and Mother and say live off of peanuts or nothing (burden the state) in support. In fact, all throughout his story, it's women's "fault" they got pregnant as they "tempted" the man. This Gameo, (marriage) in Greek (you hunt and "play" with game) is set against women full stop. Why? Is it the Y that replaced the J or the Y chromosome being messed with? I don't know. Only men "enjoy" this place as it's a ha REM (sleep (eden:sex) den) and the majority of men WORLD WIDE have never and still don't do too much other than sports/games/play and porn (bread and circus). They don't even bleed once a month and still complain and want you to clap for them for anything they do. And if they be good men, sadly, they were probably assaulted or abused in one form or another by the clergy/coach/family member and they are living in a daily hell bored/tired with the lack of justice - most telling themselves on the daily not to off themselves; and very few good men live as the baby boy is the favorite sacrifice :( So far, all die with never knowing any justice here as there is none - again, by design. Oh and now they call real women cys genders (still not respected or acknowledged as women); a play on genesis/birth sis ter genes are what is replicated in DNA or daughter strands - just an experiment and remember ment means mind - government is control of the mind. Don't forget, beauty pageants, actors and Victoria's secret are all men and always have been - that's the secret; so we have to watch men lust after men all our lives and then be told it's all our faults ad naseum. WHY? The only reason why they are even talking about women's equality and rights now is because most are men identifying as women (gloria stein men) or are herms aka womb men. Do we tell ourselves "we have work to do" because it gives us the illusion of control? "Oh, I chose to come here, so I haven't been purposefully put here to be born to suffer and die." They feed you and breed you for their purposes. They allow you to "save" that which they deem needed. Most don't seem to wake up past the point of we're here to be heroes like you just stated. Did you like comic books growing up as most seem to want to be a Marvel and X men are in their buy bull/SCRIPTure. Again, it's beyond boring hearing the same Script over and over from the masses. Are we only at the self soothing "I'm here for a purpose; I will help save the world; there's work to be done" stage? All the world is a stage - f "acts." Fear may be the biggest motivator of this statement. We'd feel hopeless possibly if we didn't soothe ourselves with this narrative? How can I be bored? LOL! on high! Goodness! With respect, go actually work 24/7 with not much money or food and physical ailments and actually try to stop this shite as most of us have and done our whole lives to no avail. Watch how they assault all the animals and force breed them like the women and start with that - go to work to stop that. Go walk up to the men doing that and say I'm a hero worker not bored with how the evil wins as this place is rigged against good and I command you to stop. Watch out for their herms "wives" aka gatekeepers. Let me know how well that goes. :) After a few beat downs, deaths and beyond unfair practices and "laws" - just let me know. It seems people who don't ACTUALLY do anything say what you just wrote because those of us in it and on the front lines are begging for it to end right now - we're beyond bored and tired - they need to create a new word for oh we wake up today, thanks for that pain, disappointment what evs and we get up and do it again and again and again - we're stupid is my theory...LOL!. We may need to get out of our own hero worship head and look at the f acts! :) They keep saying "it's a game changer" and the great "reset" is coming in this Gameo called life...

[@reserva120]

Socialist slaughter everyone everywhere equally..

[@drdirk2]

"In the future there will be so much information given to us, the truth will be lost in a sea of irrelevance, so that people would be reduced to passivity and egotism*." Aldous Huxley (* i.e., cognitive dissonance )

[@ethancoster1324]

This is the reality we find ourselves in.

[@pmshrevecomm]

Lol, sounds familiar.

[@smokelife6315]

This is what in postmodernism is called hyperreality when simulations /information becomes more real than the real itself

[@drdirk2]

@@smokelife6315 Baudrillard refer to Disneyland as an example of hyperreality. Forgive, its Sunday , melancholy about what could have been usually hits me during free time. The only girl I truly loved had an amazing intelligence that only made her more beautiful, appealing and sexy. Her whole life she had always had a deep infinity for Disneyland. She looked like so she had worked there as Snow White. By 19 we were absolutely crazy insane about each other and her majesty granted me permission to TAKE HER to Disneyland. It was an honor. Before going she explained in her own words how Jean Baudrillard explained the Disneyland experience. Funny thing is this was 1985 & neither of us had ever heard of him, postmodernism any of it. However, she made sure we suspended that reality by going through a symbolic act of holding hands, reciting " reality is suspended, followed by a quick hop off the curb onto Main street. Wasn't untill I was a college sophomore in philosophy that the proff talked about postmodernism. I'm like where have I heard this before? Now it's the basis for unraveling the very fabric of objectively defining what is right or wrong as its all relative. As you know debate is useless as it rejects the entire idea of free debate, science, or truth independent of white male power. From there all human experience can be explained - and through which all speech must be filtered. Bottom line true equality cannot be obtained until everyone is reduced to the lowest common denominator. The only thing that can bring that about is totalitarianism. PS In Kurt Vonnegut's short story " Harrison Berger" Vonnegut, as per usual, writes a hilarious depiction of a dystopian future where true equality is finally realized. In case you never read it here's a link of a the complete very story. Cheers! 'HARRISON BERGERON' by Kurt Vonnegut. archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron_djvu.txt

[@thesorrow4664]

Wow that's crazy

[@irgendwieanders1]

"A mindless worker is a happy worker" - Futurama

[@danilohorta3900]

@jwgeezerwillfull ignorance is slavery

[@D_R_O_9xs]

Got gotta do what you gotta do. LoL

[@zarathustra4649]

Danilo Horta that ignorance is bliss is spoken in context of Schopenheur the more you’re ignorant about the world the more happy you will be

[@Skiiiiiippp]

Ahhh the cartoons. Truth drops like always just have to be aware of what their saying but more importantly what their actions are...

[@_blew_a_fuse_7372]

3 cents more of tartar sauce could save us thousands of man hrs in labor -mr.burns

[@GladysAlicea]

"Because in much wisdom, there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain." Ecclesiastes 1:18

[@jameswest8181]

so true , but nice not to be one of the zombies

[@Sunsn7]

Yup. "He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow."

[@johnlawrence2757]

The great folly of extracting one verse from scripture and presenting it “out of context” as the phrase is Ecclesiastes is a great work of prophecy and of course no prophet ever scorns true knowledge, so I would advise anyone seeing this verse to read the whole of Chapter 1 of Ecclesiastes, then proceed to Chapter 2 to get a proper sense of the meaning. You might even feel like going on with the rest of it - it’s a terrific read, beautifully composed, erudite and extremely spiritual

[@lepiota1074]

I Guess this quote from the bible refers to something a little bit different that having simple conceptual knowledge: when someone goes Deep into altered states of consciousness,beyond the ordinary,those states have bliss but they All come with physical, emotional and energetic pain,and that being able to withstand such states of connection and transcendence is heavy duty. Thats why people get insanely mad if they enter such states without preparation or with a wounded mind. It Also refers,i think, to the eye-opening hype that comes with non ordinary states of consciousness,you stop being ignorant about the nature of reality,but at the Big price of having to die as a separate Self. Wisdom is not just good news, it's price is really expensive....

[@thefrijole15]

Damn. I felt this.

[@truescotsman4103]

Sounds to me like the people that are socially engineering society have read 1984 and a brave New world a few times. They appear to be using these books as a playbook for their operation.

[@phillipadams4691]

I propose a third option. Maybe it's an unavoidable consequence of human development. In order to sustain this many people in a modern society, we've had to develop factory farming, modern healthcare (if you want to call it that) and wireless communications. Perhaps this is a natural part of evolution. Painful and dark as it may seem. It's always darkest before dawn. I believe that at a certain point, we can only continue to evolve as individuals. Kind of like how the Bible talks about seperating the wheat from the chaff. Or in the parable of the sower. Some will bloom into actualized human beings, others will fall by the wayside never getting roots in the ground or be scorched by heat (desire). After all, I can not change the way the world is going. However, I can change how I see things which will change how I live my life. Clan Gordon here. Bydand.

[@truescotsman4103]

@@phillipadams4691 you're getting close I'm surprised very few people understand where we're at. The human race is a huge domesticated heard that's managed as a unit. We're all expected to work and pay our taxes. so they have a huge colony of workers and they put us to work but now the population is growing out of control and now they're going to complain about the carbon footprint. it's all our fault we are creating too much carbon but they're the ones who need the slaves in the industry and they're using us but then they're going to make us pay for our carbon footprint? are carbon footprint is directly relative to the population of the planet so what they're really talking about is depopulation when they're talking about global warming. The solution to global warming their solution is to reduce the carbon footprint. The carbon footprintis based on the amount of people needed to be supported by the industrial system so if you reduce the carbon footprint you have to reduce the population it's an equation. So now they have two problems they have way way too many people and they can't utilize all of us so now they need to get rid of a large portion of the population. they're going to claim they need to reduce the carbon footprint and that will reduce the population. They will claim that the reduction in population is due to global warming when actuallyit will be the strain on the environment in the population that kills the people. bottom line is they grew their population to large seven and a half billion people with nothing to do and a future of robots automation and artificial intelligence there in a pickle.

[@phillipadams4691]

@@truescotsman4103 I understand where you're coming from. It's scary to think about but I can't fix problems on that scale. I can only find peace within myself.

[@JC-lh1pj]

No... It's"the art of war" that they are using.

[@Bobsbud100]

This was planned before the books came out and both authors had insight into the plans for the NWO.

[@jeradblazek677]

After spending some time in jail and reading this book while in there I decided to quit taking any type of drugs, pharmaceutical or otherwise. I've been sober now for 12 years and find it fascinating how many people are enslaved by this stuff. 1984 and this book opened my eyes to many things, and I am thankful for deep philosophers as these two.

[@nT-sp4qd]

Best comment!

[@freeridecarver]

I hope your thankful for them exposing themselves on coming out with the guide for brainwashing of the masses and not for the contribution to genocide

[@force6769]

I believe those drugs have already done their damage to your brain. Those two are not authors, they're books.

[@miguelpereira9859]

@@force6769 Give the guy a break, English probably isn't his first language

[@itsokaytobeclownpilled2519]

Jerad `Blazek Congrats on turning your life around. It’s a tough transition. God bless.

[@wk3820]

Our world is 50% 1984 and 50% BNW.

[@jhart7304]

Only if you chose to exist with that mindset.

[@maunster3414]

Spiced up with Fahrenheit 451.

[@slappy8941]

There's also the Harrison Bergeron thing emerging.

[@alonenthematrix3050]

Im 25% luke Skywalker. 25% V for vendetta And 50% Arc angel Micheal

[@Zaitekno]

They read it, they mastered it, they are controlling it, they are owning it.

[@coolrecorderguy4206]

“Give the people bread and sports and they will not revolt”

[@noteem5726]

Bread and circus. From the greatest conquerors in the world, the Romans

[@reddwing4368]

@@noteem5726 it also came near the end the end of that empire

[@lat1419]

When we enter into a state where there is little bread but endless circuses (lockdown with netflix)

[@westvirginiaboy4491]

Ha. I don't like either.

[@bean7039]

"pizza pizza" lil ceasar.

[@chrisscott6417]

Mad. This is what's going on in 2020. People are enjoying the loss of their liberty. It's we the people that are really to blame. Ignorant, incompetent, lazy debt slaves.

[@martitinkovich4489]

speak for yourself you lazy incompetent ignorant debt-slave.

[@betacuck3145]

The Left

[@lorrainegreen6016]

🤮 Get me off this planet please 😭

[@lorrainegreen6016]

@@martitinkovich4489 what you have no debt? Please tell me how you have managed this? You must of been born into wealth or something

[@martitinkovich4489]

@@lorrainegreen6016 I am, for lack of a better term, an indentured servant. Since I own nothing it follows logically that I labor not under the weight of any debt, unless of course we consider the debt owed my benefactor, which would be my life-long service and obediance until my demise.

[@michaelnurse9089]

The West: Brave New World with a subtle threat of if things don't work out we switch to 1984. China: 1984 with a subtle promise of if things work out we might add in a little Brave New World.

[@baituljameel1561]

I know this comment is old but great insight

[@ericfreeman6011]

Michael Nurse clever funny

[@lorinlewis133]

Man...that seems spot on.

[@TheSoulBlossom]

pretty what you said yeah

[@ThePeanutButterCup13]

China is a society of hard work and socialist values, nothing like the west.

[@OrNaurItsKat]

Me: "ugh mom I'm tired of living a meaningless existence enslaved to the corporate propaganda machine" Mom: "cause you on always on that phone"

[@yashodakrishna2351]

1 time when it is actually true

[@crimsonzen8412]

Sh*t she was right

[@manbearpig7521]

So true.

[@rock3tcatU233]

> Apply cold water to the burned area.

[@turtleanton6539]

She is right

[@davem.8681]

This also explains why there is so much free internet porn, to keep everyone contented at home.

[@septronix4132]

laser325 porn really doesn’t have any benefits besides the pleasure response, weed does this too but far less expensive to the body.

[@thepretentiousgentleman]

laser325 I dunno, most of the weed smokers I know, myself included, are pretty aware of the fucked upped ness of the world. We just have brief moments where we can detach and observe it better than when we are distracted during our sobriety.

[@thepretentiousgentleman]

laser325 True! I certainly can’t deny that while the potheads I hangout with are all heavy into philosophy and the pursuit of knowledge (and binge watch the subjects in these videos) I’ve certainly met the type who are... less into this sort of thing.

[@thepretentiousgentleman]

laser325 Ha! Naw, I live in Canada. I know soooo many pot smokers.

[@septronix4132]

@laser325 my point is that I'd much rather be a pothead then addicted to pmo or sex even. Again, don't be stoned from sunrise to sundown, but a joint or bowl at night to me is pretty harmless. obviously everyone has a different relationship with the plant, but thats what is, a plant. Porn peverts the mind, and cannabis (if its safe and used correctly) can be used for positive things. again, thats just me lol.

[@art_thoromeo504]

Man this hits home after the COVID quarantine...

[@chinmusic2722]

Hold that thought! I need to adjust my mask before I go in the store

[@evmoraga7854]

Scamdemic...,

[@kyotosinfinity5959]

Wait do you enjoy lock down?

[@adambozentko5877]

Funny because since ww2 everyone played the fake ass bs that's been explained in this video but waaaaaaiiiiitttt... COVID is a mind control method, do realize how fuckn absolutely without equivocation of a laughable statement the above is. Covid huh, the 80 years of sucking on the titt and liking it but as soon as your inconvenienced oh I have time to think and now I've found the answer. You missed the buss about 50 years before covid but nice try. Your all addicted to likes, tweets, thumbs up emotions, take your phone in the fuckn bathroom, 80% of the SHIT you buy makes you more miserable or don't need, drink, do drugs.... Obviously Covid tho, think before you type..

[@workin4alivin585]

Legalization of marijuana and the push to legalize drugs (both fro. the Left, primarily) is absolutely part of enslaving people to their passions, so they are docile and easily manipulated. Don't fall for it!

[@siddharthiyer7244]

"Smartphones provide mindless and pleasurable distractions which consume the attention..." *Watching on smartphone* Eep

[@vacayooper4728]

There are degrees of use, someone walking their children or pet while having their face glued to a phone is a problem. Somebody watching a video while having their coffee then setting the phone aside for most if the day is not a problem. A table full of "friends" at a bar or restaurant all looking at their phones is a problem, using the phone to schedule the meetup to talk is not.

[@vacayooper4728]

@sweety darling no, the problem is people faces stuck in their phones. Stopping and answering a phone call or a text is fine, but focusing on the phone is unsafe.

[@vacayooper4728]

@sweety darling I have a smartphone, the system is the problem so it looks like we just disagree. I prefer personal interaction even though strangely enough I'm introverted. For entertainment my favorite program is a nice little fire at a remote location or in my backyard. Maybe a chair by the water or a quiet walk through the woods. So if they were to shut down all the tech we carry around it would be inconvenient but not the end of the world. Sure we would have to improve our sense of direction, maybe heaven forbid learn how to use a map, but we would get by. But I guess I grew up without all this stuff so it doesn't bother me, hell we didn't even have a phone in my house but still were able to get through life. I just prefer that we use and control technology rather than the opposite.

[@vacayooper4728]

@sweety darling never to late.

[@DSAK55]

Soma = High-fructose corn syrup

[@McDoodle44]

Dear Viewer, Truth has been once again smacked right into your face. You can now chose to feel a bit better and superior to others for a moment, give the video a thumbs up and move on to another distraction - Not realizing that this is exactly part of the conditioned behavior which just a few minutes ago was critiqued in the video. Or you can chose to take another route this time - realizing that you, like everyone else around, have been purposefully conditioned to play your role. That it will take a ton of work and pain to free yourself from it, but that you can't act anymore as if you don't know better. Your life, your choice. Have a good day...

[@icareg]

well, i mean i smoke too much weed and play too much league, but i dont think that that was a plan hatched by the government... maaaaaaan

[@Etakit]

So the question is: how do you 'break free'? No one can give you that answer because then you'd be following them- enslaved by them. I'm not so sure that unfettered freedom is any better than total enslavement. Probably is better to some degree, but we also do need some guidelines, and it is nice to have our pleasures. I think this comes down to a more fundamental question: what is the purpose of life? Are we just pleasure machines, are we supposed to do something different?

[@blahblahblahblah2837]

Exactly! What R-type, is your utopia? What is better than being rewarded for doing something you want to do? If it were up to me to do what I want to do, I would do nothing and I would achieve nothing. That in itself is meaningless and a waste of a life. Sure I might eventually decide I want to invent something to make my life better - but why not use the resources I have within this 'engineered society' I live in to make it faster and cheaper? Why not make something that benefits other people too, one a scale and at a cost that makes it attainable to everyone else. I think freedom for freedom's sake is a little shortsighted.

[@castielcasio7453]

I have to agree with your statement, but if (if) you *follow* Jordan person you're being deceived.

[@benebene95]

castiel casio could you explain why? :)

[@flint2001]

Update: It has turned into a Dystopian Society, December 2020

[@f30rocity78]

Update: Big tech giants are censoring half the country.

[@lat1419]

The oligarchy are now destroying the last vestiges of "choice", the small businesses. Democratic socialism is the most misunderstood (and most feared) model, as it has been implemented in the scandinavian societies. Basically it states that where there is a natural monopoly - something we all need like medical care or electricity - the population are better served wotb rhe state controlling it (note - this is not the same as state ownership or state running - they are distinctions open to debate). Where there is a market for choice such as fast food, clothing, cars then capitalism is a reasonable provider with the big BUT they cannot be allowed predatory practices. Hence the need for legally enforceable standards on employment, sourcing of materials etc.

[@tkschae]

Update: $GME and $AMC go brrrrr

[@maxpower1337]

👍

[@mikelyoloson2743]

Knowing about this stuff and how I think is going to happen I can't help but think that everything has an agenda or a reason, like the coronavirus or the climate change situation. I don't necessarily say it is fake but if the virus was intentional for a greater cause I wouldn't be surprised. That said I wouldn't doubt that they take the lives of millions to make progress we have had 2 world wars after all.

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

Every day I remind myself that I must think for myself, rather than trying so hard to please others for the sake of my own happiness.

[@bobmassey7227]

I am afraid that this is far more accurate than most of us would like to admit.

[@raymundogonzalez6450]

It had been implemented

[@listenup987]

Brave New World is so telling of our times.

[@JBGodzilla]

More prophetic than the Bible, for sure. The Bible doesn't tell us what happens after the Messiah comes. Brave New World does.

[@Dontwannaknow44]

Danny Francis 😆

[@aphysique]

Stephanie Darling liking the tattz!👌

[@ongobongo8333]

@@aphysique creep lol

[@aphysique]

@@ongobongo8333 Nice deafult pict, creep..haha

[@a.k.2894]

This couldn’t be more pertinent to what we’re living through now.

[@kennotrogzeug7012]

In Chirstianity, there is a verse which says that slavery to sin is the worst type of slavery. Gluttony (including gambling), Lust, Greed and Wrath (addiction to outrage through mainstreme media) lead to pride and/or pleasure, and that is why people are enslaved to sin; they're addicted to it.

[@Originalman144]

“Pre-occupied and distracted by pleasure” It’s very true. I lived in a mid-sized coastal European city for over 1 year. In this specific city there were constant street festivals and holidays - literally every 2-3 weeks there was some big street music events, parades, neighborhood festival, bank holidays, that slowed the city down so everyone partied, ate, and drank. Beer or wine at mid day was common. The City Government sponsored most festival and music events and they were all “free entry” ie. no tickets were offered or sold. Productivity of the entire city seemed limited to shopping centers, food service, and tourism related businesses - Netflix was newly available in the country and food delivery options were introduced via smartphone. Drugs and sexual promiscuity was everywhere. No one under 35 that I knew of went to church and the single motherhood rate was increasing. Homelessness on many corners at night in the city center.

[@chrisnapoli8386]

J Williams What city are you in? I feel like all cities are non stop diversions for people, some worse than others. It's only when you live outside of the city that people have normal lives.

[@Originalman144]

Chris Napoli Barcelona. Some lovely areas of the city to be experienced but the place is a complete diversion! And will spiral downwards with a commie mayor just reelected

[@chrisnapoli8386]

J Williams I've been only once, would like to go back, had some beautiful beaches, but I was put off by the nightlife. Was not into going to the hot spots, too much of a drug scene at the time. I guess this is the problem of all major cities.

[@torstimyle1355]

Spain the gynocentric society... promote the illusion of love through romance which leads to weak men who worship women then order is erased which leads to an easily gullible and timid society for elites to rule

[@castielcasio7453]

"There is no worse slavery than the one that makes you think you have the freedom to choose." The reason it's the worst one since the masses love their comfort and idolize their self-delusions; so they won't try to go against the system.

[@TyRaff]

Give me my weekly soma and I have no problem wirking 40 hours a week.

[@castielcasio7453]

good

[@philipgrobler7253]

+Tyler Rafferty The largest and richest industry in the world is the one that deals in legal mind altering drugs.

[@tdreamgmail]

castiel casio what do you mean go against the system? That’s very vague. The system is the system because it works. Until you can theorize and implement a better system that satisfies more people, you’re just rebelling signalling.

[@john-paulhunt451]

you need more says emapthy giver no i fuck9ign dont . watches the hater say fuck the stupid losers totalitiranism will change thier minds or they will die in a gulag for thought crimews for hating partying andf money.

[@nelsonthibeau4480]

I've been preaching all this since the 70s, some of this is necessary for large societies to survive but people of power are more inclined to be cruel to control which is why life is miserable but our rulers are content

[@TAM-mj9lb]

Huxley was a member of the Tavistock Institute and thus he was part of this group of British social engineers that developed mass behaviours that would make workers docile and accept their servitude while at the same time maintaining sharp social class distinctions....

[@FreedomSpirit108]

I recently read the book. And now have the nagging fear I have been a willing slave.

[@trijumf11]

We all are, unfortunately.

[@McDoodle44]

We should *deliberately* seek ways to a) better reflect on ourselves and our situations b) ways to break out of this conditioning

[@Carltoncurtis1]

Try to destroy your video games. If you can’t... then you will know what enslaves you.

[@McDoodle44]

HotSkull I would rather start with the social media accounts

[@Macheako]

we ALL are at one point or another in our lives. It's unavoidable. Literally. You come into this world as a bundle of useless shit that REQUIRES constant fucking attention. You're GOING to have to slave for SOMEBODY before you physically can stand on your own two feet. Seriously, don't beat yourself up about it.

[@demeracl]

Perfect example of when Huxley said "Technology is morally neutral." Great breakdown here

[@br3e5ds]

As I type this on my smartphone.....I am extremely motivated to read Brave New World and 1984. Please tell me I am not the only person out there that wants to stretch his mind?

[@martitinkovich4489]

stretch it before it's too late....................

[@captainswan3079]

Same here

[@jeffmorin5867]

Don't use other people as a form to compel you. This is something that comes from within.

[@theresajanssen969]

No your not alone.

[@valerietaylor9615]

I’ve read “Brave New World” and “1984”, and I think everyone should.

[@sabrinagana]

I have been searching for this. Thank you for making these and doing all this. It’s incredible

[@marblesthecat3861]

I think we are living in a combination of the scenarios outlined in "Nineteen Eighty Four' and " Brave New World"....

[@deisk2707]

History repeats itselt. This Dystopian world is bigger than the Dark Age, which it'll lasts 1 thousand years or more. We'll get though this because someone will invent time machine and amazed the differences, and the great histories we will teach them.

[@JR-zm2yu]

@Marbles inclusive of life on the far side of the Twighlight Zone after cern flipped the world into a parallel dimension.😒💜🙏

[@captainswan3079]

I agree

[@Theartoflivng]

And black mirror

[@danvisk33]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@bluesriracha1977]

"Soma is what they would take when hard times opened their eyes"- The Strokes

[@kathyingram3061]

~Soma has the same active ingredient as meth!~

[@stevious7278]

And Soma can just as easily be a screen as a drug.Whatever numbs the brain.

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

“Society. You’re a crazy breed. Hope you’re not too lonely without me.” - Christopher McCandless

[@lunaflamed]

Anyone else watching this during the Covid lockdown?!

[@benlotus2703]

A brilliant video and this is the best question you come up with. Dumb question

[@elvisduck4014]

Time for your Soma....er ..sorry... I mean vaccine.

[@IsisAdgerWasHere21stC.]

I literally am dealing with separating myself from ppl who are content with "not Knowing". I'd rather know and understand the forces I labor under and "Choose" to be happy, rather than run around insisting on ignorance. We all pick our poison and remedies.

[@ozreality]

I am with you, the crazy thing is after we figure it all out it's a realization you can never take back. Once we become aware, it now becomes, what do we do with that awarenes....

[@FromAnArtistsMind]

Breaking free from this reality is realizing you need to do what you feel strongly in your heart. What pulls you, and in turn is your happiness. Doing and not just watching others do. The people who make these videos, are doing. They are apart of the system, as we all are. But simply being aware of the bondage’s that bind us is enough to become free from our mental slavery and live life.

[@loganspence1147]

I agree..... I don't feel like a slave... I watch porn every now and then.... but I choose what games I want to play, which friends I have, I choose to be ambitious and pursue a college education and a career... that is freeing to me instead of vegetating..... I pursue for myself and I make myself happy and treat others around me well too....

[@simonpepper3971]

Faam,only to be labeled selfish.

[@FromAnArtistsMind]

Simon Pepper yeah, but you’re not selfish to you. And what you want means something too, some would say more than anything else. No one can live our lives for us.

[@jasminetomca]

Excellent video - I've watched a few of your videos. Always articulate and concise, and you talk about the important stuff. Thanks for your work :)

[@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA]

I have felt since age of 8 that I wasn't free, and now 20 years later I know we are not free., We just live in modern day slavery system.

[@pavlenikolic3555]

Same. I just asked my parents when I was 6, why do people live their lives like this, and my parents told me that's just the way it is.

[@junglejarred6366]

"Give me liberty or give me death" more like I will earn my liberty or die trying. I need no one to give me anything.

[@stevious7278]

@Tinita Bondi "freedom" is a myth suitable only for children. You are not free. If you have a job, the you must work. That is not freedom. If you choose to not work, then you must get money for food, shelter, clothing in some other way. That is not freedom. If you have a family you must provide for them and care for them. That is not freedom. Why are these things not freedom? Because you are compelled to do these things and compulsion is not freedom. Sure, continue to believe that you are "free" to chose. You can do that. But I would suggest that denial or delusion do not constitute freedom. You're welcome.

[@stevious7278]

@Tinita Bondi So you think China is free do you?

[@markletts8802]

stephen mills I think he means China's not free compared to the freedoms you have to even make these sort of comments..

[@stevious7278]

@@markletts8802 I've spent some time asking all my friends and associates, and I've plumbed the deepest recesses of my mind, and I cannot find a single person who actually cares what some anonymous nobody who probably lives on the other side of the planet thinks. So, you know...See ya.

[@markletts8802]

stephen mills well done👏

[@treverbahler8732]

"Freedom of choice is what you've got, freedom from choice is what you want."

[@majorintherepublick5862]

When you hear these things it always amazes me how these writers were prophets, and like the biblical ones contemporaries cannot hear the message. Blindness is not simply optical, it is the mind that the modern era has blinded through the negative spiritual effects of the society.

[@danielhorvathmay2596]

Have you read Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman? He made the argument in 1985, that humanity reached Huxley's Brave New World instead of the dystopian world depicted by Orwell. Although he wrote it mainly because of television dumbing everything down, it is really a wonderful read, I highly recommend it.

[@jimmieoakland3843]

Agreed. Postman was a seer.

[@mmarook4223]

Same for fox

[@dann3574]

Read the book. I second this

[@cameronvinson]

Some forms of slavery are just more accpetable than others, paying people hardly anything makes big business is western countries alot of money. people in western countries gulity of supporting slavery, phones, computers, clothes and most products are made in 3rd world countries were people don't get paid much. And some of public who are against slavery in western countries are benefiting from slavery.

[@oleacadicultura2520]

Underrated

[@auntjenifer7774]

How foo do youI fail to see we are all slaves in an open air prison !? Police state !?

[@kellyconner5623]

I think that the "distractions" will become irrelevant if the food supply becomes an issue. After all, the old saying goes, give them bread and circus and have total control. The entertainment factor goes away if the food factor is taken away.

[@valerietaylor9615]

You’re absolutely right.

[@tonyedward6909]

I'm free when I go to sleep at night until the alarm clock goes off.

[@palosamo]

You are a slave of the alarm clock ;)

[@davidarundel6187]

I don't need an alarm clock, as I have a neighbour, to whom I've become sensitive, due to his willingness to harass, with the knowledge, the landlords staff, are always there to help.

[@IndeedVancho]

It feels like I haven't heard from you in forever

[@keysofknowledge6549]

Austin Esquillin His channel is pure gold

[@tyblazitar]

One aspect of Brave New World I find especially interesting is Huxley's relationship with drugs and how his perspective on them changed after he got to know them better, a reading of The Island (or comparison with BNW) with this in mind could be quite fruitful.

[@kevingange6639]

Excellent presentation! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@hecateswolf6007]

Fascinating upload which articulated many of my intuitions about the modern world. Thank you.

[@minimaxhall]

This was spot on. And I applaud 👏👏👏 So! This is where we're at.. Or close enough; "In modern times it is more important what we think the world is rather then what actually is." We live in our little bubbles and not the big bubble.

[@josefromspace]

Lady Gaga: 100MM views in a short period of time. This video showing the truth: 364K views in a year. System status: 😃👍🏼

[@oscarmannheim7434]

Gerry Garcia dead front page news. Jonas Salk dies same day, paragraph on page 8.

[@ramonguzman475]

Who is lady Gaga? Just kidding. I found a book that was printed in 1896 and it hasn't been read. Someone discarded it behind a public library. Radio, TV, internet, social media, sports, shows, and a many other distractions numb humans to the point where nobody read that book in 123 years, so far. I was ready to read it, but stopped when I realized the situation. Huxley was right.

[@chancerbox1935]

@Alexander Cheban all the better to send people into factories for the rest of their lives, completely blissfully unaware of it

[@afridibinsayed9864]

what's the name of the book ? Ramon Guzman

[@ramonguzman475]

@@afridibinsayed9864 The Comedy of Human Life. By Honoré de Balzac. Scenes From Provincial Life. Eugénie Grandet. Set 31 of 250 printed in 1896. By Boston Roberts Brothers.

[@wodgirl7089]

This reminds me of the stimulus checks everyone got to stay home- during lockdown and now look at us

[@Bywoner]

Thank you for this - a great resource for a teacher concerned with his students' blind acceptance of the trappings and ignorance of the traps of modern consumerism. This is why I teach Brave New World and Feed (M.T Anderson). Your videos are always thought-provoking and intelligent, thank you.

[@eli8069]

Don't you ever make us wait this looong for a video... Amazing work

[@draw4everyone]

What I seemingly always find in contradiction to Huxley is the fact that modern political parties, and their constituencies, are still pushing heavily for traditional norms. Pornography has just been declared a health crises in numerous states, for instance, including my own. It’s also been heavily restricted in Britain. Drug decriminalization in Portugal has led not to government-facilitated passivity, but a social push for rehabilitation. Examples like these make me think Huxley, like Orwell, has only told one part of the story. The full story is that neither pleasure nor force will lead to dystopia, but complexity. Infinite pockets of access to what one desires, does not desire, etc, infinite causes to rebel against or accept. Infinite information to read, none of it necessarily pleasurable but striking to the emotions. In short, a complete satiation of the human will, not directed by a set of world controllers, but formed as a consequence of aggregate human circumstance in our free market of ideas and products. There will be no control, not at all. Only a suffocation.

[@resemblelife]

Sean Heavenmount Yes. Bread and circuses. Take away obvious needs and provide infinite unnecessary chaos. The best way to get someone to do something is to tell them they can’t. Give them a bunch of contrary ‘can’ts’ then you have a confused, exhausted and malleable population.

[@draw4everyone]

@@resemblelife Precisely. But no one, besides Kafka I suppose, has really written about this aspect of the dystopic condition.

[@toniachristou435]

@@draw4everyone any suggestions for what to read by Kafka

[@jungly8103]

Sean Heavenmount yup exactly. Too many people want to pick up a book and point at it and say “THIS IS IT! REALITY IS REPRESENTED FULLY WITHIN THIS BOOK” and folks like that are mental cases.

[@miguelpereira9859]

@Developer Software Stop associating satanism with Judaism

[@simoncollins6529]

Oh I wonder what the opening sentences of this video would have been if he was making it now. Two years later and we're in a totalitarian dystopia

[@darongch7063]

MY GOD, it's happening now in 2020-2021. I can't believe it's really happening.

[@BobBob-gy7xj]

I've been telling people about this book for years. It's such a good insight into the not too distant future that makes me think, this was the plan for society all along, and he knew it. Aldus was part of the elites.

[@marcoaltomare4030]

Thanks for spreading awereness. I know it's a hard and frustrating fight, but eventually you'll change one person's mind during it

[@ceilie1]

@@marcoaltomare4030 , his brother was Julian Huxley, an eugenicist.

[@ceilie1]

Check out what his brother Julian Huxley was .

[@marcoaltomare4030]

@@ceilie1 don't assume I'm ignorant please, I know. Thanks for sharing though, you never know. So? Isn't today's culture eugenist as well?

[@ceilie1]

@@marcoaltomare4030 , I do not assume anything :) Of course it is , it only went underground for a while. But many people think that Aldous was a genius. He was just an insider.

[@brucedeville9053]

2019 is 1984 and Brave New World combined.

[@johncanmoveya]

2020 is 1984 and BNW on steroids.

[@meshachshadrack976]

TV is a vast wasteland. Government is a swamp. The internet is a corporate playground. I’m gonna go fishin’

[@HouseFairyDIY]

Excellent video. I will share this as should others.

[@peterscott225]

This Brave New World sounds very much like this scary new world I find myself living in ... good video thank you!

[@gentleg.2886]

Your work is great and impactful.

[@raymondready7496]

Bread and circus. Roman's did this.

[@darrylrowe8193]

Well the Club of Rome anyway , their global elite "ThinkTank", for their UNIPCC Agenda21 Sustainable Development, New World Order Signed by most Countries in 1992 as Maurice Strong's IPCC, 800page UNFCCC Agenda21 and Strong's 1988 IPCC, Global Warming Charade to give their United Nations Global Governance momentum for the 21st Century!!!!!!

[@Pier-wy6dd]

@@darrylrowe8193 To be correct, the expression: Panem et Circenses (lit.: bread and circus), which means "food and entertainment", since the Roman Empire. The Club of Rome, 2MM later (or 2000 years) might be the continue of this policy; however, the phrase itself is very archaic.

[@darrylrowe8193]

@@Pier-wy6dd Please Research David Rockefellers Global Elite Membership of the Club of Rome, Founded in 1968 as the United Nations "Think Tank" for their New World Order, now controlling our countries since 1992 as the UNIPCC Agenda21 Sustainable Development!!!!!!

[@Pier-wy6dd]

@@darrylrowe8193 I know the "Rock-family project". My comment was devoted to the very archaic phrase itself (Panem et Circenses - lit.: bread and circus). Either way, in the ancient time, as well as today....the "refrain is always the same", substantially a "leitmotif"

[@chris432t6]

Love this channel! Thank you again AOI!

[@timeoftheend9516]

Here we go 2020, the beginning of nwo

[@npc4984]

It's started the new world order has started what shall we do the sheep don't want to wake up

[@the.perfect.weather3191]

@@npc4984 keep fighting,join the non-sheeps 🙏 💪

[@alisamsg446]

Officially it started in 1948 after ww2 when they made WHO.

[@tubbyrainbow111]

What do we do about it though? I'm 25 now and covid fucked me in the ass. Now I'm clueless as to what to do, my anxiety is through the roof as its so blatantly obvious what's happening and not only are people going along with it but actually bashing people that don't

[@the.perfect.weather3191]

@@tubbyrainbow111 be strong!there is a lot of people who opened their eyes and saw what is really happening,join them!meet them,talk with them,it will help you to feel less isolated and anxious 🙏💚☀️

[@tobyhunter6565]

Wow , am impressed, hope many watching this clip , thank you......from the class of Delta, conciousness raising!

[@chuckbradley1]

I only wish more people knew this. Good piece of work.

[@anameichose8854]

If we weren't there (1984) when this was first posted, we're there now (KZbin explicitly stating they will delete content they disagree with)

[@technomage6736]

I think the term "slavery" is inappropriately used here when regarding positive reinforcement (even if it technically applies), and should be replaced with "manipulation". Slavery generally refers to a certain type of manipulation that involves negative reinforcement.

[@SENZABeotos]

We are not just living in either 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, but both.

[@valerietaylor9615]

China and ( especially) North Korea are living in “1984”. The Western (i.e. “ free”) world is living in “Brave New World.”

[@davemiddleditch9741]

Thank you for making this video. Some very important points made👍

[@aljonserna5598]

Wow I was an undergrad psychology major and teachers made sure we always learn Skinner's findings but never the idea of bouncing back to the undesirable actions

[@falkharvard8722]

While I was on Ritalin, I was obedient, dispassionate and sedated. It was a nice change from the high speed mania of ADHD, for a time, but I realised that if I require a daily drug to tolerate my life, my life was not in line with my true nature. Off the drugs and thinking for myself, I have very different views and temperament than I'd had. I am defiant, free thinking, unpredictable and read constantly again. I wondered if perhaps my "disorder" has only existed since the new order took over and deemed my kind a problem to be suppressed.

[@alisamsg446]

Well because kids who are happy and play and have energy (which all 3 adults lack) they saw a problem as always and found a solution as always. Kids shall be obedient customers, nothing else. It's crazy how many parents believe ADHD is a thing. Since when are playful, energetic happy creative kids a problem?! Well, since nwo pharma said so.

[@jpalberthoward9]

If you were saturated with massive amounts of sugar when you were little, you got set up to fail. When kids are overdosed with enough cookies and candy and soda pop to kill a rhinoceros, they bounce off the walls like ping pong balls. Then, along come the "experts" to diagnose you with a made up disease which then gives them the power to make you take Ritalin, which smooths you out and makes you doclie and manageable. This is cheaper, easier, and faster than trying to teach you anything that would impart any skills or wisdom to your heart and mind. They don't want your mind to function properly anyway. The idea is to literally turn every human being on this Earth into compliant livestock who will not question or object to any of the degrading humiliation that is perpetrated on all of us all day every day (are you wearing your mask?, Are you standing 6 feet apart?) Do you object to them sticking their hands down your drawers at the airport?) None of this is your fault. It was done to you without your knowledge or consent, or even your understanding. You and millions of others were used as pawns in a diabolical atrocity to subdue the human spirit and destroy the human soul. I say again. This is not your fault. The way out is to become aware of what's been done to all of us, and to spread the word and hopefully fight back against all of this being done again to the next generation that's coming up.

[@juicebox9465]

@@jpalberthoward9- First of all, ADHD is a real disorder and doesn't have anything to do with sugar. My parents made sure I ate healthy as a child but I still have ADHD. - Secondly, how is wearing a mask and standing 6 feet apart humiliating? What's humiliating is being an idiot who refuses to wear a mask and spreads corona virus. Even if it's that embarrassing for to wear a mask, it's not worth risking lives. ( You did have a good point about the airport though.) -Third. Although it is different for everyone, Ritalin doesn't make you "docile". It is a schedule 2 stimulant that helps people focus on work and is intended for nothing else.

[@juicebox9465]

@@alisamsg446 ADHD is thing.

[@jeffsingleton88]

@@juicebox9465 I dont believe it

[@ElTuco]

December 2020... When "1984" and "Brave New World", somehow don't seem like works of fiction anymore.

[@JSB103]

Soon, the past (the pre-internet past) will be thought of as something that somebody made up but never in fact happened.

[@CompleteRenewalOfMankind]

This is amazing work bud

[@fouresterofthetrees287]

I also recommend reading Huxley's letter to Orwell after Huxley read an advance copy of 1984. Although Huxley praised Orwell's work, he firmly stated that he thought his version of the future was more likely to become reality. IMHO, I think it will be more like Huxley's, but some Orwellian concepts will be in place to deal with the malcontents in society who refuse to be sent off as they are in BNW.

[@antonycanova52]

The same night I watched this, I went on Amazon and purchased Brave New World and BNW Revisited. Orwell's 1984 was always one of my favorite books. I've read it six times, four times just because I love it. But I've never read Huxley. Looking for to it. Thank you.

[@tribalxredklr4039]

If you've taken anything from these books or this video wth would you buy off of Amazon. I already deleted audible and refuse to use it anymore. At least go to barnes or a local bookshop.

[@026585]

This makes my already pessimistic heart feels incredibly heavy

[@humantacos9800]

I read brave new world on the way to Boston about 10 years ago. Within a few years I was seeing it everywhere in the world. History repeats

[@jasondavis1615]

Just now rewatching this in June 2020. Truer every day. Riots, Covid 19, politics, money problems, all just soma.

[@danicadjukic9586]

Volim tvoje videe, savršen tajming- kao i obično :D

[@ranacaran]

:D Omiljeni kanal.

[@juliebrady8583]

Here we are in 2020 being controlled by fear to accept slavery.

[@comfortablynumb8832]

Dont be ungrateful of they’ll take away your rewarded lockdown teir

[@monicaaiken9746]

What do you consider slavery? Quarantine? It is a different reality, and it is a test run for an even more dangerous pandemic, one with a smaller survival rate. If we as humanity can’t figure this out on the first time around, we might as well just get wiped off the planet. We’re all basically just meat popsicles for the viruses anyways. It’s probably about time Mother Nature knocks us out like the cancer we collectively are. Fear and slavery are charged words. It’s also common sense and decency and looking out for the weaker and elderly of our society, and this impulse hopefully directing/driving the masses. But I can agree that it isn’t ideal to act out of fear or force. I’m not afraid. I just wear a mask where I have to, and limit my trips to exercise outdoors, and I hope that it will be temporary. It’s important also to refrain from letting yourself swallow the idea that your notion of freedom is the be all end all. Freedom to go get your nails done or get a massage? Sacrificing indulgences in the spirit of social solidarity is a type of freedom in my book. Freedom for these elderly and with weaker immune systems to continue to live, thanks to their thoughtful fellow citizens’ actions. Define freedom. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Or freedom to buy and sell at liberty? I think we can all cross our fingers and hope this is all over soon, and that the definition of freedom doesn’t get too Orwellian warped in the next 4 years.

[@andrewhoward7200]

Striving for nobility, sacrifice and self-improvement has given way to the hollow mantra 'If it feels good do it'. The flabby hedonists are about to meet the Morlocks.

[@Deba7777]

Wow, this is profoundly insightful!

[@soulfuzz368]

Huxly is talking about KZbin The final revolution is actually the internet

[@nukepizzaa]

Yeah

[@stevious7278]

hahahaha!! Sure, a product made , controlled and owned by oligarchs is the revolution! hahaha! What have you been smoking? can I have some?

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

The msm brainwashed are scarier than the system by design.

[@Helen-oh1no]

Interesting point. Although there is a lot of censorship on the net.

[@feriafyre]

The sea of misinformation.

[@paradoxward2533]

I agree with what Jim Carey once said long ago. Freedom is Orgasm. Profoundly momentary, but man, when it happens, no release is purer than that.

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

The idea of freedom for one person can be very different to the next depending on how you see the world. Crowley taught "do what thou wilt" which is widely practised at the very top of the societal pyramid, for example.

[@r.j.macready5541]

Well done and timely.

[@supriyasahu8472]

thank you so much for these videos

[@mattdelisle]

December 2021: Here comes the “Metaverse.” A fake world of distraction and dopamine.

[@booksboundnoveljourneys1122]

I would love to see a video about The Handmaid’s Tale on this channel. I think The Academy of Ideas would offer some great points for discussion on it. It’s one scary book, especially if you’re a woman.

[@marcusaetius9309]

Excellent post!

[@atlanticdriftfishing6451]

Such a great video.