The terrifying dystopian vision described by science fiction writer Aldous Huxley is not a description of the totalitarian states of the 20th century, but a creeping reflection of today’s reality, says Russian journalist Konstantin Syomin.
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The terrifying dystopian vision described by science fiction writer Aldous Huxley is not a description of the totalitarian states of the 20th century, but a creeping reflection of today’s reality, says Russian journalist Konstantin Syomin.
Last week, visiting a technology fair in Hanover, as part of his trip to Germany, President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel tried on ‘virtual reality’ glasses. The president reacted to the technology, quipping that “it’s a brave new world!”
“It’s hard to find a more appropriate analogy,” Syomin said, recalling the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name published between the first and second world wars.
“Huxley described a future in which the world…
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