http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2010/03/01/brave-new-world/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:31:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2010/03/01/brave-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Henry Baum Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:57:40 +0000 http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/?p=641#comment-456 Perhaps you should keep that a secret. Perhaps you should keep that a secret.

]]> http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2010/03/01/brave-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Oscar Turner Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/?p=641#comment-406 when i hear about David Bowie, it reminds me of Vanilla Ice. *~: when i hear about David Bowie, it reminds me of Vanilla Ice. *~:

]]> http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2010/03/01/brave-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Rw Hedges Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/?p=641#comment-88 "a mindless, inauthentic “imbecile happiness”" thats what our current media snappy world wreaks of. Its worse now because there is an underlining emphasis on the "inathentic", that is to say that films like Zeitgeist and certain theories on governments now only inspire a yawn and a fart whilst one rolls over and gorges themselves on more Soma (comes in the guise of entertainment and of course social networking). When all the craft and care is gone we will literally be locked in EM Forsters "The machine stops" which to me predicts the internet perfectly.....Oh God What Am I Doing???!!!!!!!!!!! Orwell taught down the road from here..... I am living in a town in the UK where the first experiments with mass commuting and advertising really kicked off! then it hit you lot and booom!!!! Poor Orwell. His aunt warned him never to go to Uxbridge. “a mindless, inauthentic “imbecile happiness””
thats what our current media snappy world wreaks of. Its worse now because there is an underlining emphasis on the “inathentic”, that is to say that films like Zeitgeist and certain theories on governments now only inspire a yawn and a fart whilst one rolls over and gorges themselves on more Soma (comes in the guise of entertainment and of course social networking). When all the craft and care is gone we will literally be locked in EM Forsters “The machine stops” which to me predicts the internet perfectly…..Oh God What Am I Doing???!!!!!!!!!!!
Orwell taught down the road from here….. I am living in a town in the UK where the first experiments with mass commuting and advertising really kicked off! then it hit you lot and booom!!!!
Poor Orwell. His aunt warned him never to go to Uxbridge.

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