Brave New World | Summary & Analysis | Aldous Huxley 

Sounds like you need some social reprogramming

@@bigfan1041 😂

Get some soma

@@Attiler9 A gramme is better than a damn.

After reading your comment i can't ignore this music 😂

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Too late. I feel like John the Savage yelling. Juul is poison. Xanax is poison.

In what way is our society anything like a Brave New World? Everyone was happy in that world, all the time. There was no chaos or disease or war. You must not have read the book.

@@michaelshannon6134 we just have different interpretations 🙏 we might've read the same book but not actually

@@michaelshannon6134 Brave new world is not fully here, but the desire for it, the intentionality is winning. The world is fragmented though, we'll see what happens m

John Tubb aw man. Why’d you have to notice that. I’ve spent countless hours coding this animation

Cause 'murica

As a native Englishman, do I really have to point out that Britain is, to all intents and purposes, part of America? I suspect Huxley would have heartily approved of the American flag being paraded in the animation representing one of his greatest works....

Cultural tunnel vision.

Doesn't it seen especially appropriate today when we on the west have so little to complain about, yet a generation who stamp their feet and have tantrums at the slightest perceived slight have only managed to food the world with the "art" of tik toks

@@blueluny I feel like social media has such a big impact on nowadays youth. Most of them seem to have close to zero attention span and solely live for their phone. Meanwhile, the government does nothing about it, the damage has already been dealt with and can't be undone. I Hope Zuckerberg knows that his products destroy lifes...Humans are turning into emotionless caskets and he makes money off of it. COVID has made it even worse...

This is actually the best video ive ever seen about a book. This summary is just perfection

@@sushi3377 I like how they explain the book, the events, the structure, etc. I do not like where English teachers go straight to "this is my interpretation of the book" as I believe that students should first understand the story and the structure first. Also, teachers should allow students to come up with their own interpretations before they give theirs.

@@btetschner Bad news; Satan will soon ban critical thinking in school (That's - kinda sorta if - he hasn't done that already?).

Another good read, and certainly about Italy, Cipola as Il Duce, is Mario and The Magician by Thomas Mann.

I got introduced to the book today starting only with Chapter One and this book got me good.(Iam studying in German)

Kaizoku Brave New World is a great example of English literature and mastery of the English language! Glad you got a chance to read it.

Just read it and it’s freaky

Also read this in my senior high school year (1996-1997) (go gold and blue Jefferson Dragons from Tampa, Florida)! This book was (I mean still is) totally sick, kicks ass and takes names on the blackboard! I scare my family with quotes out of it every one in a while to keep them on their toes.

John Hall it’s a game plan! What’s people going to do about it exactly?

Funny thing is we made this brave new world. We always make our world.

I don't think people do. I mean, a lot do. But the majority don't know

Looks like Huxleys prediction of the future arrived 500 years early...

Yes but we're also slipping into a bit of 1984. All governments are monitoring their people

I concur. BTW, dig your user name. I chuckled when I read that.

Then I suppose you didn’t interpret the book while reading it?

Read it again then

Did you read the book?

Did you actually read the book?

@@iamnotyourbuddyGUY OH dang ....... you mean I had to actually turn the pages LOL :P I was looking at the cover very intensely for 2 years .... but nothing happened

Christian H shes trying to justify to herself not having children

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Decadence would be more fitting. Because sexual Depravity implies only that. Decadence implies a Fall of Society. And how the World works today, there is only Decadence. Human Society is going to fall. Just sad.

I think by sexual liberation she is referring to the ability for them to have multiple sexual partners with no stigma.

@@shenglis4260 You're probably right. I was too harsh in using the term "depravity." The only question I'd ask is... why? Why would a person engage in something like a romantic / sexual relationship (and for *what* purpose), with the expectation that they could just leave it one day, or start another one... or to look elsewhere to satisfy some need they feel is somehow unfillable? They do it very often on a whim, or because they're frustrated with something they don't know how to address. Males and females do this, it isn't a matter of either sex being "in the wrong." Modern relationships are so fucked.

people die when a murder occurs

@@yagesh287 I think theyre saying that the term "death" presents a lot of ambiguity where there shouldnt be.

All righty there, trapeeze artist. If that's not nailing it I don't know what is. Oh crap watch your step; you almost fell off the; never mind...

still read the book though it's real good

You should read the book.

Yes and we are gonna stop it We are not going to be controlled

We still have marriage and childbirth, religion and books. Exactly how are we BNW?

@@jacquesaubin4454 Did u go out during the pandemic?

same here

Nice

I couldn't understand if the crowd had mass sex at the end of the book, or not. (day before John hung himself)

Today we call it a bong and weed.

soma comes from hindu vedic hallucinating agent called som ras(juice)

thinkin about the same thing. so do u have the answer already?

It's explained in the novels they do genetic manipulations, and shut down the oxygen in the procreation tanks TO MAKE SURE there is no gifted persons on other social strata. I think it covers that aspect quite well.

No it didn't lol.

It does have some side effects, and can cause death if taken in really large amounts. Most side effects described in the book are really mild though, like waking up too late for work if you take a little too much.

@@KarlSnarks interesting even sonsuch a drug would change everything. Human emotion regulates so much of our collective society as a whole which should be based on logic

It mentions that it takes a couple of years off of someone's life. Killed Linda.

​@@LittleMew133 does it?🤔 I missed that part, I thought it had no side effects. I was also curious as to why Linda died at such a young age 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️ I guess that would explain it. But I also thought she was ODing on it.

By your logic, we are currently living in a utopian society but we're not. A utopia is basically where everything is perfect. You should look up the definition.

What’s wrong with being “anti-vaxx”?

The mrna garbage is not a “vaccine” you m040n

Agree. Things are never black and white

people are conditioned to it tho. it's there but it's not painful or something that's thought much of. i think that's what she meant

It's Alcohol. Alcohol is the Drug the Government allows you to take. We had to fight to be able to take Marijuana though. Coffee during the Week to keep you focused and Alcohol on the Weekends to keep you a happy Slave to the System.

I would say not. Soma is something that hasn't been invented yet as the book says there are mild if any side affects. Weed is not soma by any means, as weed can bring about questions and more of a connection to nature in my opinion. Alcohol is too averse in the body as it is basically poisoning the body in dilution. I wouldn't classify opiates as soma either because soma does much more than just make u feel good.

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Huxley had a great time trying the various hallucinogens. And, it was LSD, injected by his wife, that eased him on his way to the next place, on the same day as JFK was stuck down while on his journey in that fateful motorcade.

lmao what

LMFAO you... you haven't smoked before... Weed makes you question your surroundings and actions more than MANY, many other substances. Opposite of what the world order in the book was looking for. That's just 1/326 different reasons your comment is inaccurate and or wrong lol.

@@tasmedic Huxley also wrote another story, describing his actual idea of a Utopia, and interestingly it shares quite a few "tools" as in A Brave New World, but used in more positive ways. Drugs were one of those. While drugs in ABNW are used to lul people into conformity, drugs in Island, drugs are used for spiritual exploration and social bonding. Both books have some other things in common as well, /watch?v=5zi-mRIik3w

That's actually true. Would you agree that 1984 was definitely a dystopia?

As far as I'm aware, the only themes they share is genetic engineering, and castes based on that engineering.

There’s also a TV adaptation of Brave New World now.

xMolizy it gets easier after the 1st chapter. the first chapters where they explain how they produce humans and condition them are admittedly boring. when it gets to bernard marx and his friend hemholtz, i think it’s more entertaining

@@superquietbunny yesi agree with your opinion

I disagree with the last two commenters. I saw the first 3 chapters as amazing and horrifying. Huxley is building the world of the book. You are literally reading how a world of people are being created without a natural birth. And then the embryos being poisoned to create classes of people.

I listened the Audiobook, and had no difficulty getting through it. Maybe that's and option for you

Not a prediction. He was deep in the elite society so he knew what was coming. Much worse than prophecies.

Joeri Van De Weyer enlighten us then

@@jeremyramirez5465 oof, destroyed in seconds

Humans are more than just desire for sex

@Learned Helplessness THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OF THIS REPLY BTW. I am sincerely tankful. Here is my meek attempt to create empathy for my position. I think it's better to be a WILLING "slave/few choices" willingly and officially in the open without deceit then someone who is absolutely a slave, and has very few choices, but is not aware of it and in denial like in 2021 so 1- is not aware of it at all (controlled by tv, obey it's gov even when it MAKE NO SENSE) Busy being afraid of the next fear pushed on him by medias Ready to let go of it's freedom's for a perceived security that was either a lie, or less secure. 2- don't have a magic soma that relived the emotions you would feel from being a slave to a system with no choices. The ONLY difference beetween those two societies (2021 reality and the book), the only difference is denial. We are very much living right now this reality, just without the soma, and while PRETENDING it's not the case. And from my point of view, living something in denial is worse, then doing it officially and openly. In 1950 ..... 1970 ... people had real choices, and possibilities, this is not the case in 2020. Some people are simply not aware of the HUGE changes that happened since 1990's, now no rights, no freedom, no protection from the judiciary (Biden impose it's mandate even if the Supreme court of the country said no). The institutions left their protection of the public duties and became tools of Kleptocracy (A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption) to rob the country of anything it has. The population is seen as cows to be milked for the money, and made afraid of this thing and the next to manipulate and control them. 2021 reality is near 1984 ....... and Brave New World is a nearly utopia when COMPARED with George Orwell 1984. In short ..... since our society going in George Orwell 1984 in huge strides. (had no idea it could happen so fast) I would prefer a Brave New World honest, official, in the open, strait to you face, and willing, system instead. At least, there is no lies, subversions, cohesion's, and the social choices can be scrutinized at the first degree. You're told what is done to you when you 5 years old. Compare to 2021 where you have to invest hundreds, sometime thousands of hours to eventually find what is happening. Well if you've read all of this, I tip my hat to you dear sir, I understand your point of view since people are clinging with both hands to the illusion they live in a free society. Only people aware this is not the fact anymore (eroded from the 90's, and 90% disappeared in 2021) So only people aware of this reality, when offered something LESS WORSE .... can make an enlighten evaluation. Anyhow, my job is not to convince you, but simply to maybe give you a little empathy for my position. Stay strong, Stay on your square and Have a nice day :D

Animal farm

How is a world without war and only pleasure a Dystopia?

You can’t say with certainty that the book is boring without actually reading it. Looking up a summary of a book is not the same in the slightest as actually reading it through.

It's actually a really interesting book relative to other books

How can the book be boring to you if you clearly stated that you were saved from reading it 🤐

@@MrJpc280 well I was 18 back in 2019. In my opinion the book wasn’t exacting. I’m use to action and the only action was near the end with fight at the hospital.

​@@levegarex that's an interesting way of thinking then. Do you watch the shows/movies that you think are boring just to confirm that they indeed are? 😅