I'm going to take this opportunity to tell you about one of my favorite books and it's called "A Happy World". The book is science fiction and was written in 1932 by Aldous Huxley but when I read it it was as if the author was from our time because what he relates is quite similar to our reality, if you read it you will see that what I say makes quite a lot of sense, however it relates a utopian and technological world.
As the name implies, the book recounts a "happy world" where all people are controlled by a system called the World State. People are divided into castes from highest to lowest (Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons) where Alphas were handsome and smart while Epsilons were ugly and foolish, dividing society by economic and social hierarchy. The most important thing about this is that everyone used a drug called "soma" that causes an escape from reality, taking away all freedom and individuality from each person. In the World State, sex is informal and something very casual "everyone belongs to everyone", they were all infertile (humans are grown in test tubes) and family relationships doesn't exist.
Anyway, I could continue making a summary of the book but that is not the idea, you can read it and tell me what you think.
But if all this is about dehumanization and an imposition on happiness, What makes us human?
I'm a bad reader :(
ResponderEliminarI also love this book! A great story by Huxley, which I read about 30 years ago. It was so entertaining and makes one think. The title in English is: Brave New World (literalmente: Nuevo Mundo Osado)
ResponderEliminarI don't usually read but that book looks very interesting.
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