i'm not as much of a wanker as it seems.

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.

this, i think, is something i've always found odd.

in brave new world, the idea is that they've formed a mechanical society, where everybody fulfils their prescribed functions, all the technology is exactly as effective as it needs to be, etcetc, and that's how it is. by introducing an artificial peak to human technology, the upper castes of society are able to effectively freeze human progress at a particular point for their own means. through what could broadly be termed brainwashing or indoctrination, every single member of the world state is made aware of their position in life, whether they're made to be the most powerful and wealthy members of society or they end up sitting in an elevator all day. and - and this is the important bit - everyone is happy with it. if they're not, they can leave.

( apparently this is a dystopia. )



p.s. i'm sorry for the lack of caps but openoffice won't pick them up on the spellcheck so i can't fix it by clicking a button and i didn't think to make it super-readable while i was typing. :/ i'll remember next time guys

the epic journey continues.

( INSIDE! )

ALL DONE i know i ran out of steam but fuck it, your problem not mine

i find myself making more and more links/references to webcomics these days. which is all well and good, but i haven't sat down and looked at the list of webcomics i read for a long time, and hell, i may as well show you guys so you know. who knows, maybe we read a few of the same ones?!

( onwards to... well, me being an over-analytical geek, quite frankly )

TO BE CONCLUDED... IN MY NEXT ENTRY. WHICH I WILL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS