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Sci-Fi That Got It Right (And Wrong)

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Old science fiction, read against what actually happened. We keep score. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.

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1984 vs Brave New World: which one are we living in?

Started by Nishant Kumar 1 reply1 views
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The oldest argument in the genre and it refuses to die, largely because the answer keeps shifting depending on the decade.

Make the case. Bonus for anyone arguing it's neither.

Postman's answer in Amusing Ourselves to Death still holds up: Orwell feared what we'd hate, Huxley feared what we'd love. The second is harder to notice and much harder to resist.

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