⚔️ ORWELL vs HUXLEY
Everyone loves quoting George Orwell (author of 1984).
But it was Huxley’s fiction (Brave New World) that best predicted how the MEDIA has reprogrammed the FUTURE.
Here are 5 things he predicted SPOT ON.
They are 👇



Orwell feared the banning of books.
Huxley feared the LACK of REASONS to ban them… once no one was interested in reading them anymore.




Orwell feared that the truth could be HIDDEN from us.
Huxley feared that it would be DROWNED in a sea of IRRELEVANCE 🌊




Orwell feared that we would become a REPRESSED culture.
Huxley feared that we would become a TRIVIAL culture.




Orwell warned of oppression imposed from the outside.
Huxley saw no need for a Big Brother to strip people of their autonomy, maturity, and HISTORY.
People would soon learn to LOVE OPPRESSION, to revere the technologies that “undid” their ability to think.




In 1984, people are controlled through the application of PAIN ❌
In Brave New World, control is achieved through the application of PLEASURE ✅
It’s not what we HATE that leads us to ruin. It’s what we DESIRE most.