1984 v. Brave New World

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Jeremy Lonien recommended 1984 v. Brave New World from lettersofnote.com:

Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.

Estimated reading time: 3 min

Recited from Dominik Johann

Dominik Johann recommended 1984 v. Brave New World from lettersofnote.com:

Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.

Estimated reading time: 3 min

Dominik Johann Aldous Huxley's letter to George Orwell, sent in 1949 after he finished reading "1984".

June 8, 2012 | 0