Introduction

According to a speech Aldous Huxley made in 1962, on the contrary to the novel 1984, in which control is forced upon society; an authority figure must receive at least some form of consent, to achieve control.

He tells that with pure force and terror, authority can’t last forever, that it’ll eventually be faced with some form of backlash. And that society must eventually be convinced and guided.

Upon these thoughts Huxley had written Brave New World.

Brave New World

In this novel, human reproduction is mostly mechanized, ovaries are taken from volunteer females and used for babies in “test tubes” of sorts. And this isn’t only reproduction, but it is a cloning of specimens. Perfect, submissive, annd conformant individuals who are grateful and happy in a situation in which they shouldn’t be happy about.

They who work as slaves, and live under a harsh authority, who have never thought of going against their rulers, being independent, and free. They are fully conditioned, biologically, psychologically.

These slaves, after work, are rewarded with only one Soma as their wages. This Soma is a drug that induces euphoria, is technically harmless. Everyone without exceptions is addicted to it. And they do anything to receive it.

A Mass Produced Society

We are the infancy of the conditioned society in Huxley’s vision. Albeit not as perfect of a system in the novel, technology advances ahead in the way.

A population that conforms, obeys, and chases pleasure for themselves. Not realizing the omnipresent surveillance cameras watching us, dependent on systems that profile and abuse us, and scrolling endlessly on social media platforms, being Soma in another form.

Getting out of the Conveyor Belt

You need to take a reasonable amount of control over your life, especially on the internet, again. You have to use free as in freedom software, ones which respect your privacy, and doesn’t abuse your psychological traits. You have to take what content you consume with a grain of salt, stop using platforms like Instagram or Twitter, or at the very least, stop using it to waste your time.

You may live in a country where all your data is already out there as soon as you’re born, but you still have to secure what you have. You might lose all control otherwise. Or if you’re happy with what you have, you can carry on consuming your Soma.

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