Foresight In Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World

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George Orwell’s foresight in “1984” is more relevant than Aldous Huxley’s in “A Brave New World”. The events that have happened in human history reflect reality in many ways. For example, the Nazi party was a mass movement that ruled Germany with totalitarian means which is similar in nature to the Inner Party in the novel “1984”. The majority of people who have read both will say otherwise. Huxley’s vision implies that today’s internet allows us to consume huge amounts of “addictive” information that is considered entertainment. But in reality the internet is used more for factual purposes than for entertainment. Evidence of this can be found within Google Trends, a website created by Google that tells you the trending searches of today. The top 5 searches are “linked in”, “dictionary”, “yahoo finance” “msnbc” and “dancing with the stars”. Four out of five of these searches are for factual purposes. …show more content…
His leaks gave the public an understanding of how the National Security Agency works. The way the NSA surveils is similar to how Big Brother watches over the citizens of Oceania using the notorious telescreen. The NSA spies on its citizens using the consumer devices that are always around us while Big Brother in the novel is equipped with a so called “telescreen” and the plethora of sensitive microphones and cameras it has. However, this can be used for convenience — for example doing many Google searches of certain kind of product will cause advertisements on the websites you visit to be tailored to
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