Aldous Huxley's Vision Of The Future Is Still Relevant Today

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity,” (Albert Einstein). In today’s technologically dependent society, one would rather interact with a computer screen than with a loved one, and would rather scroll through his or her social media feed than flip through the pages of a novel. Contemporary social critic Neil Postman discusses the two different futuristic views of authors George Orwell in his novel 1984 and Aldous Huxley in his Brave New World. Postman believes that Huxley’s vision of the effect of technology is more relevant to society today than Orwell’s. He says that Huxley believes “what we love will ruin us” while Orwell fears “what we hate will ruin us”. Neil Postman’s assertion, that Aldous Huxley’s vision of the future is more relevant today, is correct. The

Texting/using a cell phone while operating a vehicle is one of the front runners in technology related deaths/injuries. Statistics show that 660,000 people per day attempt to use a cell phone while behind the wheel, and that 1.6 million of reported car crashes per year are linked to cell phones. Eleven adolescents lose their lives every day due to texting and driving (“Cell Phone Use While Driving”), these are young lives that are being cut short due to recklessness and a lack of concern for others and even themselves. This is what technology has done to society. It is obvious that people today believe that liking an Instagram picture or texting back their best friend is more important than another person’s safety and well being. People have begun to put others in danger in order for them to fulfill their own electronic addictions. Humans once loved and cared for each other, now they love and care for their cell