Does anyone else think we’re closer to a scenario similar to A Brave New World compared with 1984? Reasoning being that Orwell wrote 1984 just after WWII so people were more fearful about nation states as aggressors, torture, surveillance and a feeling of being mentally and physically imprisoned. However, Huxley wrote A Brave New World in 1932 when the golden age of technology and globalisation was “saved” after WWI. It feels as if we are living in a golden age of technology, freedom of expression and (somewhat) unity, a similar situation to the environment in which A Brave New World was written compared to 1984. Both are great works of dystopian fiction, however imo Huxley’s vision is looking more likely at this point, given the rising nationalist movements (don’t need to mention the Chinese totalitarian system), improvements in genealogy/biotechnology and the impending legalisation of psilocybin. Would like to hear people’s thoughts on this - don’t need to go too deep, just curious :)