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A review by mydeimos
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
4.0
Overall I’m very impressed by this book, although I dislike the first two chapters which are overly pessimistic about the future. But Huxley couldn’t knew better back then. The book started by describing the conditions that could prime the world into the dystopia that is Brave New World: overpopulation & centralization of wealth & knowledge. Some of his worries here have been proven unfounded or just objectively untrue, but we move. The middle chapters reviews scientific developments or methods that would enable future dictators to create a Brave New World. Very grim chapters I must say. The last two chapters were a bit more hopeful, with advices on how people must live or be educated to prevent the rise of dictatorship that will lead to Brave New World. Some of the advices are still relevant in current days. Some are not unlike the ideas stated in Utopia for Realists (2014; distribute the properties!)