Tag Archives: Brave New World

Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

  “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 … Continue reading →

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Where do you find book recommendations

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

I don’t know about you, but I’m picky when it comes to book recommendations. It’s certainly helpful to have friends with highly developed reading tastes who make book suggestions. And of course there are the book review sections of trustworthy … Continue reading →

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Where We Are Now

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Never Mind the Hype

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

“Within the next generation I believe that the world’s rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied … Continue reading →

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