Ever read Brave New World? I haven’t since high school and I’m glad I picked it up again, because I was probably did not get a whole lot out of it then. It’s an Orwelian-esque novel where a Utopia is created through conditioning and chemicals. In this strange society, everyone is conditioned to know their place and everyone takes ‘happy’ pills.
They are happy drones. Of course it begs the question, are they better off not knowing?
Isn’t there is so much that we are (blissfully?) ignorant of? With our TV pills and 9-5 conditioning you have to wonder
“Don’t you want to be free and men? Don’t you even understand what manhood and freedom are?” – Aldous Huxley
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it's like the matrix! remember walking out of that and asking yourself the same question? are those bald pod-people better off? the answer is no, never!
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