[quote=phaster]
“Brave New World” a novel written in the early 1930’s described a future where the masses are lacking the ability to think critically yet basically have an infinite amount of distractions (like perhaps “FaceBook” and “Twitter”), while those further up the food chain (i.e. the 1%) are shown to revel in a consumption and pleasure lifestyle
just sayin’ if “Piggington forums” (where discussions about “critical thoughts” happen on occasion) were transported into a “Brave New World” universe, it might be a regional bridge/oasis between the majority WITHOUT wealth or some critical-thoughts and the 1% WITH wealth in addition to an introspection ability
so wondering would a three sentence response (like this) blatantly written trying to be insightful and succinct, get an upvote?[/quote]Depends on how far into the Brave New World we are… or the ‘New World Order’.. Would it also mean that those with critical thought could use it to succeed among a world of lemmings? Or would the lemmings turn cattle stampede and run the thinker into the ground.
Would critical thought and dissenting opinion be made criminal? After all, in the Brave New World – all you need to do is the same as every other lemming.
