In a 1962 interview at Berkeley University, Huxley explained: And he cautioned that if a Brave New World type of order solidifies, it could be the “final” or “ultimate” revolution the people will have their liberties taken from them, but they will enjoy their servitude and so never question it, let alone rebel. Huxley wrote Brave New World as a warning advances in science and technology, he believed, were paving the way for the type of society depicted in his book. In Brave New World, the ruling authorities attain mass-compliance not through force, but by supplying the masses with endless streams of distracting entertainment and manipulating them with drugs and other technological methods.
Set in the distant future, this book depicts a scientifically managed dystopian society. Thirty years prior to penning these words, Huxley wrote his classic work of fiction, Brave New World. “If the first half of the twentieth century was the era of the technical engineers, the second half may well be the era of the social engineers - and the twenty-first century, I suppose, will be the era of World Controllers, the scientific caste system and Brave New World.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited In his 1958 book Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley wrote the following: The following is a transcript of this video.
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