+1 - Brave New World is a manual of sorts for as well - at least for the developed world. Take Huxley's "soma" for instance. An astounding portion of our popu

+1 - Brave New World is a manual of sorts for as well - at least for the developed world. Take Huxley's "soma" for instance. An astounding portion of our population go through life medicated: Prozak/etc, pain killers, marijuana. Not that I blame them. Totalitarianism is a bitter pill. Better have something to take the edge off.