Blog #4

Huxley's view of the future is indeed horrifying, and it is indeed difficult to put a finger on exactly why, seeing as everyone is perpetually content and happy. However, it is a false happiness. People are homogenous, they seem to lack a real understanding at what is going on. They spit back information without fully grasping it. Even the most intelligent ones- the Alphas- are very brainwashed. People have no ability to have a personality. Though they are constantly under an illusion of happiness, they in fact are not truly happy because they have no appreciation of happiness. One must experience suffering and pain in order to know that happiness is something to treasure. Therefore they are in a constant state of dumb bliss that is unfounded and illogical. They are like robots, too brainwashed to break out of the mold. To people in our society now, a society that encourages individuality, this loss of individuality is horrifying. True, for one inside the society it may not seem too bad, but once one has had a real taste of what it is like to truly experience life, I'd imagine that people that are not too terribly brainwashed would never turn back.