BNW

First off, this author is weird. I mean sure, with all of the medical advances being made in the world today things tend to get a little wacky. But controlling human reproduction and raising of children by the govt? Its just a little to messed up for me.

Do people really go around thinking up of weird scenarios to write books about how effed up the future could possibly be?

The critique is something that you really have to look carefully at. The author is showing the dangers of what could happen when humanity gets caught up in the notion of perfection. The funky part is that this notion of perfection is clouded by the idea proposed by inherent disabilities. The alpha are "bred" to be the elite, and to know that they are elite. Walking around with a swagger because they have the knowledge of being the ruling class.

What I do not understand is why the author decided to go beyond just having an alpha and beta class. The five class institution seems to be excessive and not necessary to the brave new world.

The fascist system of control is used to knock down the current attitude of using scientific advances to their fullest. The author warns that science may have a much larger impact on the scheme of human life than you may expect, and in the end could end up controlling our lives.

V

So watching the movie in class today made me think a little about what was going on in the movie and how closely related real life can be. Obviously a masked swordsman jumping from roof to roof blowing up buildings and assassinating people is something a little far from the real world. The brutal British dictatorship however is something people might have an easier time putting into a real world scenario.

Firstly the surveillance is growing by leaps and bounds. Already in place throughout many developed nations to keep an eye out over the vast majority of its businesses, government buildings, etc, are cameras linked to computers. These computers could be forcibly or covertly hacked by the government to attain access to video footage in order to keep a closer watch on citizens and non-citizens alike.

Second, the world is a scary place. Many people do feel as if chaos is just around the corner, and a terror attack is simply seconds away. Fear is the greatest mobilizer of the human race. Scared and uncertain people may look beyond the scope of what is normalcy for protection from fear.

The movie is pretty sweet and I look forward to the rest of it on Wednesday.