Brave New World

The Brave New World: Is it already upon us?
Huxley's vision of the future, portrayed in the novel Brave New World, holds many similarities to America’s present day society. Huxley's vision was a vision of a trivial society, filled with self-pleasure and ignorance. In society today, knowledge is no longer praised as much as it has been in past generations. This has caused a scarcity in the willingness to learn. Also, mind-altering substances have become more and more common as today’s technology advances. These drugs allow society to escape from the problems of life instead of dealing with reality. Almost everywhere you look, such as books, magazines, TV, radio, advertisements, etc., you will generally find at least one mention of sexuality. This has resulted in society slowly losing its morals. It almost seems as if Huxley’s ideas of the “New World” were not as far fetched, as they had seemed when he had written the book.
In today’s society, brawn is often praised a gr...