The British Broadcasting news web site openly speaks of the reality of the right wing results in of current class structure.
The divide in the human race in this article is said in principle to be due to a over reliance on technology. However the tendency for like-minded to have children together plays a large factor in modern human sexual selection. People of similar intelligence, attractiveness and social standing are far more likely to have children together. This will therefore have its effect on future generations. Especially in the upper classes consisting of the greatest minority’s of people of the world and often composed of ‘intellectuals’ will see the greatest divergence in their biology in the coming centuries.
Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
George Orwell's - 1984
I was in a book shop in Muswell Hill today and over heard a the employees, (among poorly explained warnings of a coming world economic superstate) a female employee was asking a male working at the till weather he has read 1984. She hasn't and has only seen a small part of the film and actually thinks its good. the attitude of the people working in the shop I want to work in, towards the books they're selling made me very angry while trying to read the forward to Asimov's robot series. so i have decided to write a little about it.
Nineteen-eighty-four is the classic dystopia scifi novel it encapsulates a love storey between to non-conformist lovers. In a socialist war torn future the the life style of the individuals life is dictated by Nazi regime and ever scrutinised by ever present cameras. A personal favourite touch of detail in the book is when a fictional manifesto of a revolutionary. The book includes some interesting concepts of mind control such as limiting the language of a people as to limit their capacity for though and population control facilitated by children trained to spy on their parents, much like the Nazi youth. This was a great book and is a classic for I reason would recommend it to anyone! A female friend of mine read it and greatly appreciated my recommendation (a very rare thing fro her I assure).
Today in East Finchley I also picked up a copy of Our Post Human Future by Francis Fukuyama, which in the opening paragraph parallels 1984 (published 1949) to Brave New World (published 1932). Fukuyama's book is mainly focused on the impact of biotechnology. however the dystopian world of 1984 is world in which there is propaganda and surveillance are the only weapons of the state. Set in world of ceaseless war to wain the over productivity of the worlds labour forces. Orwells 1984 is socialist world with no privacy, I think it was brave of him to speculate so close into the future. The book is also a beautiful romance novel is defiantly a must to readers.
Nineteen-eighty-four is the classic dystopia scifi novel it encapsulates a love storey between to non-conformist lovers. In a socialist war torn future the the life style of the individuals life is dictated by Nazi regime and ever scrutinised by ever present cameras. A personal favourite touch of detail in the book is when a fictional manifesto of a revolutionary. The book includes some interesting concepts of mind control such as limiting the language of a people as to limit their capacity for though and population control facilitated by children trained to spy on their parents, much like the Nazi youth. This was a great book and is a classic for I reason would recommend it to anyone! A female friend of mine read it and greatly appreciated my recommendation (a very rare thing fro her I assure).
Today in East Finchley I also picked up a copy of Our Post Human Future by Francis Fukuyama, which in the opening paragraph parallels 1984 (published 1949) to Brave New World (published 1932). Fukuyama's book is mainly focused on the impact of biotechnology. however the dystopian world of 1984 is world in which there is propaganda and surveillance are the only weapons of the state. Set in world of ceaseless war to wain the over productivity of the worlds labour forces. Orwells 1984 is socialist world with no privacy, I think it was brave of him to speculate so close into the future. The book is also a beautiful romance novel is defiantly a must to readers.
Monday, 3 January 2011
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I have just finished reading brave new world. The book is a dystopian sci-fi novel that captures a prophetic speculation of the distant future. Written by Aldous Huxley in the 1930 the book covers themes like the limits of mass production and the teachings of Freud.
Huxleys preface states his stance on the choice between the two lunacys of social [dis]order of civilisation or savagery. The book is a tried an tested classic that brings home both the horrors of narcissism in human civilisations. Its amazing how good his scientific predictions mirrors todays reality.
Aldouse Huxley is the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley or other wise know 'Darwins Bulldog'. And this is reflected in the concise scientific dialogue. Aldouse also co-existed with his grand fathers close associate Darwins nephew Francis Galton. Galton who wrote 'Hereditary Genius', inspired the nazis and englishmen to support them like Bernard Shaw and is the founder of eugenics. Huxleys fear of such excessive intervention in human breeding and sexual propaganda are great. I found this book inspired, I may one day read it again!
Huxleys preface states his stance on the choice between the two lunacys of social [dis]order of civilisation or savagery. The book is a tried an tested classic that brings home both the horrors of narcissism in human civilisations. Its amazing how good his scientific predictions mirrors todays reality.
Aldouse Huxley is the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley or other wise know 'Darwins Bulldog'. And this is reflected in the concise scientific dialogue. Aldouse also co-existed with his grand fathers close associate Darwins nephew Francis Galton. Galton who wrote 'Hereditary Genius', inspired the nazis and englishmen to support them like Bernard Shaw and is the founder of eugenics. Huxleys fear of such excessive intervention in human breeding and sexual propaganda are great. I found this book inspired, I may one day read it again!
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