Amusing Ourselves to Death
May 26th, 2009
A new book by Neil Postman, comparing George Orwell’s version of the future in “1984” with Aldous Huxley’s version in “A brave new World”:
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.
You can find more info alongside some great comic style drawings here.
Even though I haven’t read the book yet, it’s safe to say that the worst of both of those author’s visions may have come true!
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