I watched a debate on which of 1984 and BNW best predicted current events before their time. The guy advocating for BNW made one quite simple but I thought excellent point (as I had missed it myself when reading it) - that the soma drug in BNW is the mountains of anti-depressants people are on these days. Pharmaceutical “happiness” was a very central theme to BNM that we are seeing play out today.
You just reminded me of my favourite historical letter:
https://lettersofnote.com/2012/03/06/1984-v-brave-new-world/
I remember this. Good call. It was good to read again.
That’s brilliant, I wasn’t even aware such a letter existed. Thanks for posting it.
You would have missed the similarity as soma had differing effect that were not like ssri's . The direct comparison doesn't work.
Soma is heroin/ fentanyl.
If produced professionally it is safe and has few side effects. Aside from addiction.
I think it's an algamation of the two. The overstimulation and drugging of the masses from brave New world married with the totalitarian technocratical surveillance state of 1984.
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