My comment on Dr. Preston's blog:
To be honest, I am still quite unsure if we are truly in the Brave New World, but we sure do have some aspects of the Brave New World in our world today. We can make an argument that there is a question of balance. The world today is leaning on technology and its effects and uses which is a huge aspect in the Brave New World. Huxley builds up technology with much reputation and use that the citizens of the Brave New World rely on it constantly.
Also, they rely on the drug, soma, to create that equilibrium in their life so they would not have to deal with the madness. It is the same as today where many people rely on drugs to get "high" or to become oblivious to their surroundings because those surroundings irritate them in some way. In the world today, so many people are affected by drugs that tend to make them not see reality which is just like in the Brave New World where soma covers up the toils of reality.
Another idea could be that everyone deserves freedom which is something the citizens in the Brave New World did not have. We have many freedoms that the characters did not. We have free will and free choice. They don't. This creates my puzzling argument. Are we truly in a Brave New World or are we not? Some say that we are, and some say that we are not. But, I do have a feeling we are getting very close to it.
Watching the video of the interview has given me a new way of understanding Aldous Huxley's purpose for Brave New World. I am able to understand the value he put into his work, and the ideas that he emphasize to give a comparative or a contrast between the BNW society and our society. Our society is leaning towards the BNW society in many ways, such as the use of drugs, freedom, the forever growing technology, the idea of a balanced society, the power of the rulers/heads of the nations, etc.
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