With a wise man like Aldous Huxley, there are many topics, opinions, and issues that the modern, not so educated individual, today, would not be able to express like him. From generation to generation, times have changed so greatly that Huxley would be astonished to see today. His vision of the future that he portrays in his novel Brave New World is in ways totally opposite than how today is actually ran, but at the same time somewhat similar. From technological advances to advances in humankind, today's society is so different than what it was back when Huxley visioned it that it is easy to compare and contrast modern views to his views.
One aspect of the interview that I did not agree with was when he stated that the future he visioned was right around the corner. I do not believe, whatsoever, that a cruel, inhumane, conditioned world like that will evolve. I believe even though our society is wacky, not traditional, and ass backwards, we are not that demented to form and structure our lives into that foreign, inhumane world. That world portrayed in his novel is so disturbing and cruel that it makes my stomach cringe. Humanity is so much better and purposeful than that type of world. The nasty, unusual ways and methods depicted in the novel are so inhumane that i believe no one in this world would prefer our lives to turn to that. Another idea of his that I did not agree with was we are living in his "vision of hell on Earth." Although society is twisted these days, I love living in today's society with all of the other individuals on earth. It is not a hell on earth whatsoever. The world and the life it contains is a beautiful thing.
Although there were many sayings of Huxley in his interview that I disagreed with, there were some that I agreed with. For instance, his statement that indicated he believes that the technological advances of today will not only reduce opportunities for humans, but also eliminate them and our freedom of control. These technological advances enable inhuman machinery to perform jobs that humans should be doing. An example of this in today's society is that machinery can now insert medicine and antibiotics into patients. This should be a task for humans (the nurses who are employed by the hospitals/doctors.) Lastly, I agreed to his idea that over population is also a limiting factor of human opportunity and freedom of control. With too many individuals inhabiting the world and states, there will be a lesser amount of jobs, houses, etc for everyone. This can eventually become a very dangerous, costly event.
Overall, I love the ideas Aldous Huxley has expressed in his years of life and enjoy being introduced to them and his intelligence.
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