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S01 E09: Brave New World: Oppression Perfected Through Pleasure

S01 E09: Brave New World: Oppression Perfected Through Pleasure

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概要

Orwell warned of a boot stamping on a human face forever. Huxley warned of something more unsettling: what if people came to love their oppression?

In this episode, we explore Brave New World: a society where control operates through pleasure, not pain. Genetic engineering, conditioning, endless entertainment, and a drug called soma that makes unhappiness optional.

There are no rebels because there's nothing to rebel against. Everyone's happy. Everyone has what they want. The horror is that it works.

Published in 1932, it now reads less like science fiction and more like product roadmap. Huxley saw that the most effective prison would be one the inmates designed themselves.

Source: "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley (1932)

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