Fantastic Interview

[HoraceFriendly]

Most who read this stuff will already be familiar with Aldous Huxley. Something I stumbled upon today gave me chills. Essentially in this 3 part series Mike Wallace (in 1950 something) is interviewing Aldous about the direction of countries including the United States. Keep in mind Zoloft and Rupert Murdock when watching this. I would be interested in everyones comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGaYXahb ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTEOY1h ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iDPnwkU ... re=related

[Ozeeba]

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[musashi]

Interesting coincidence that I've been reading Brave New World for the last week (my first time). It is quite well written. And considering it is written in 1930, I am very impressed with Huxley's future sight. It seems like every few paragraphs we are introduced to new imagined technology. At the time people must have thought that Huxley was dreaming of impossible fantasies.

Some minor intrigues

• He suggested temperature would be used on zygotes to achieve sex selection, years later we find it to be true for reptiles.
• Of course the cloning of human embryo, I really enjoyed his “Ford” assembly line description of the process.
• Within his cloning line, Huxley introduced stimuli to achieve the target objectives. This is a burgeoning field of research right now, ie neural tube defect. Some researchers now are exploring the possibility that homosexuality is actually a birth defect arising from nutritional deficiency.

The book reads much like Lolita, I wonder if it influenced Nabokov.

[Ozeeba]

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[HoraceFriendly]

I agree,

I first read it when living abroad. As late as 1995...their was no such thing as Zoloft and A.D.D. drugs being prescribed on a routine basis as it is today.

I find it incredibly interesting to look at how non-critical and dough headed the modern generation of Americans has become. Compare and contrast ANY of the topics covered by that 1952 talk show to ANY modern day talk show be it liberal or conservative. Can you picture ANY main stream commentator taking on those topics...let alone on ABC?

Finally, hearing his comments on the dangers of one person controlling media...two words..."Rupert Murdoch".