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I had that idea and someone recommended I read Brave New World I loved it sounds almost perfect! Ironic that its grouped with “dystopian futures” but that was

I had that idea and someone recommended I read Brave New World I loved it sounds almost perfect! Ironic that its grouped with “dystopian futures” but that was news to me.

anongraddebt 7y ago
"The chains of nature... are called reason, freedom, morality and choice. The human chains foretold by Huxley are of a quite different composition: they are made entirely of flesh and the pleasures of the flesh. They bind so tightly that reason, choice and moral judgement can find no chink in which to grow and corrode them. So completely do they encircle the human soul that it shrinks to a tiny dot within the organism. There is no suffering in the Brave New World; no pain or doubt or terror. Nor is there happiness. It is a world of reliable and undemanding pleasures, from which the causes of suffering have been banished, and with them all striving, all hope, and all joy. But love is a cause of suffering; so too are freedom, judgement and choice. Hence these things too will disappear from the Brave New World."
- rolltiide 7y ago
  There has to be someone else here that finds that perfect A completely hedonistic society with no consequence? Is everyone else focusing on different things? The only problem I had was the antiquated racial views of the author. The caste system too wasn’t necessary but it didn't bother me. The concept? Loved it!
  - anongraddebt 7y ago
    I am aware of the highly controversial views on homosexuality of the author (Scruton), but am unaware of anything controversial about race. Regardless, a person can say many deeply true things across a number of domains, yet be quite wrong in various places. From what I have read from him, this seems to be the case. Glad you liked that passage!
    - rolltiide 7y ago
      Yes, regarding the author I was referring to Huxley

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I had that idea and someone recommended I read Brave New World I loved it sounds almost perfect! Ironic that its grouped with “dystopian futures” but that was

by rolltiide 7y ago

I had that idea and someone recommended I read Brave New World I loved it sounds almost perfect! Ironic that its grouped with “dystopian futures” but that was news to me.

anongraddebt 7y ago
"The chains of nature... are called reason, freedom, morality and choice. The human chains foretold by Huxley are of a quite different composition: they are made entirely of flesh and the pleasures of the flesh. They bind so tightly that reason, choice and moral judgement can find no chink in which to grow and corrode them. So completely do they encircle the human soul that it shrinks to a tiny dot within the organism. There is no suffering in the Brave New World; no pain or doubt or terror. Nor is there happiness. It is a world of reliable and undemanding pleasures, from which the causes of suffering have been banished, and with them all striving, all hope, and all joy. But love is a cause of suffering; so too are freedom, judgement and choice. Hence these things too will disappear from the Brave New World."
- rolltiide 7y ago
  There has to be someone else here that finds that perfect A completely hedonistic society with no consequence? Is everyone else focusing on different things? The only problem I had was the antiquated racial views of the author. The caste system too wasn’t necessary but it didn't bother me. The concept? Loved it!
  - anongraddebt 7y ago
    I am aware of the highly controversial views on homosexuality of the author (Scruton), but am unaware of anything controversial about race. Regardless, a person can say many deeply true things across a number of domains, yet be quite wrong in various places. From what I have read from him, this seems to be the case. Glad you liked that passage!
    - rolltiide 7y ago
      Yes, regarding the author I was referring to Huxley