Brave New World: A Book of Our Future

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Our world today consists of a population of people who all want to fit in with society. With the constant evolution of new technology, people are growing further apart. With the constant evolution of new ways to put technology into our world, people have found ways to use this for good and bad purposes. We are currently on the verge of a world with a low quality of communication between one another. The technology that is portrayed to bring us closer together is quite ironically pulling us apart. An example of this would be social media. Our world is getting better at using social media but worse at socializing in real life. The dependence on technology is making people more lonely overall even though they appear to be socially connected. (Frankel 31)
Social media is not the only way technology will impact our future. The demand for technology has been the cause for such great improvements throughout the years. Although Huxley described aspects of genetic engineering in the book as being imposed upon society by the government, I believe government involvement would not have to be necessary at all. As improvements in technology also lead to improvements in genetic engineering capabilities, scientists have found ways to make those capabilities appeal to the average person. The pursuit of using available resources to enhance the appearance and characteristics of ourselves has become extremely evident. Sometimes people seem to overlook the big picture in regards to what impact the decisions they can have not only effect themselves, but also the rest of the world (Huxley) (Frankel).
Brave New World portrays the use of technology as a way to genetically engineer humans by the government. In Huxley’s novel, the government uses its powe...

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...re they didn’t contain the mutation. The result was a healthy baby whose umbilical cord cells were used in treating his older sister. This is another prime example of the positive outcome from the latest technologies that allow us to do more to help people who are ill (Frankel).
The threats and assets need to be carefully evaluated by the members of a society to insure freedom within us. We need to understand that although new technologies will lead to many great new things in our world, using them uncontrollably will lead to many problems that can be irreversible to us and the future of mankind.

Works Cited
Frankel, Mark S. "Inheritable Genetic Modification and a Brave New World." Did Huxley Have It Wrong? March 2003: 31-36.
Ganapati, Priya. "5 Gadgets from the Near Future." 28 October 2009: 1-2.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperCollins, 1932.

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