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robbob

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16. What difference does that make?

Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:34 AM

Mar 2020

I mean, if I’m reading a book about the molecular structure and properties of the oxygen molecule if hardly matters if 95% of people don’t care or aren’t interested in that topic; we are all still breathing oxygen.

Neil Postman’s book is an observation of where we are at culturally. The fact that most people have never heard of Orwell or Huxley kind of just reinforces his point of how we are obsessed with the trivial.

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This is genius: Huxley v Orwell [View all] Soph0571 Mar 2020 OP

Yes, it is genius, but understand that some of us live in communities where less than 5% Atticus Mar 2020 #1

Oh plenty of people remember that Orwell started in an old Apple commercial unblock Mar 2020 #3

What difference does that make? robbob Mar 2020 #16

If you lived where I live, among people who ask questions like, "What do you mean, Atticus Mar 2020 #39

Thought-provoking. Thanks! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #2

This is brilliant Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #4

I have often pointed that out over the past 20+ years... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2020 #30

BTW: Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK. November 22, 1963. DemoTex Mar 2020 #5

Interesting, I didn't know that stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #19

Love it. Thank you Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #6

Fascinating PatSeg Mar 2020 #7

Yup. Feed the people pablum until some begin to wake up then lunatica Mar 2020 #43

K&R. This is wonderful. Thank you for posting! bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #8

Sadly, I see elements of both in today's culture PA Democrat Mar 2020 #9

The public can't distinguish truth from lies bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #10

As Huxley once said Soph0571 Mar 2020 #32

Brilliant stuff! They were both right. A combination of the two is used like the carrot and the Nitram Mar 2020 #11

I love this sort of thought-provoking stuff nuxvomica Mar 2020 #12

Huxley predicted the world kairos12 Mar 2020 #13

As a couple of posters have noted, both were right, and both effects are flourishing. eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 #14

Brilliant. Thanks Sharing it with my sons with the source... NNadir Mar 2020 #15

Thanks for the link. Great young writer/artist. (nt) klook Mar 2020 #21

Brilliant. Depressing. zentrum Mar 2020 #17

Both books had big impact on me. Beakybird Mar 2020 #18

I said several times that we are headed, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #20

Thank you. Timely. Hopefully it sharpens our judgment about hype. ancianita Mar 2020 #22

Genius indeed!! ElementaryPenguin Mar 2020 #23

Amused To death- Roger Waters you should listen to the whole album spike jones Mar 2020 #24

Completely misses the point of 1984 denem Mar 2020 #25

The visual re-presentation of Big Brother... B Stieg Mar 2020 #26

Excellent! I often wonder whether we'll end up like 1984 or Brave New World librechik Mar 2020 #27

And it turns out the little girl in the meme was right AleksS Mar 2020 #28

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #29

Surprised no one in the thread mentioned . . . 'IDIOCRACY' . . . still empedocles Mar 2020 #31

Indeed Soph0571 Mar 2020 #33

Yes! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #35

All of the LU students are having a very exceptional educational opportunity to deeply experience empedocles Mar 2020 #36

They'll ALL be in therapy is 15 years, I bet. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #47

Widespread reports that the young are markedly, less likely to follow into evangelicalism empedocles Mar 2020 #50

That was good! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #34

Yes indeed grantcart Mar 2020 #37

I first saw this on highexistence.com softydog88 Mar 2020 #38

Postman's "Teaching As A Subversive Activity" was excellent. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #40

Excellent. Thanks for posting. yonder Mar 2020 #41

I think people should remember BNW was mainly about controlling children by abolishing the family muriel_volestrangler Mar 2020 #42

"...they love their servitude." BunnyMcGee Mar 2020 #44

WOW! Great post! America chose Huxley. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #45

I read Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" a long time ago BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #46

Excellent! Cetacea Mar 2020 #48

Kick burrowowl Mar 2020 #49