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Are We Already Living In A Brave New World? \u2013 Huxley’s Warning To The World<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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In the 21st century, how far away are we from Huxley\u2019s dystopian vision of the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to me that the nature of the ultimate revolution with which we are now faced is precisely this: That we are in the process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy who have always existed and will always exist to get people to love their servitude.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

– Aldous Huxley, interview at University of California Berkeley (1962)<\/cite><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is it too late to turn back the forces of technocracy and the scientific dictatorship?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer to this question is becoming more murky by the hour.<\/p>\n

The following video presentation was produced by the\u00a0Academy of Ideas<\/em>, entitled, \u201cDo We Live in a Brave New World? \u2013 Aldous Huxley\u2019s Warning to the World.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n