Technology In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Technology can be a good thing when used responsibly but as too often experienced, most of the time, technology will result in consequences that outweigh the benefits. Technology all over the world can be linked to advancement in society and even more so in developing nations. Yet society on a microscopic scale can lead to the thought that technology is taking over people’s lives and that without it, people revert back to simplistic and helpless ways of life, not knowing what to do. This provides a belief that may lead one to believe that technology is not an entirely beneficial tool and must be reduced, so that society can learn to function without it. Aldous Huxley writes “Brave New World”, dystopian novel in 1932. This novel that is known to show the downfall of society correlates with both the World Wars, the emergence of Nazi Germany and even the early onset of socialism and chinese communism. All of which include control of society and creating that “perfect” society. Yet as history has shown countless times, these attempts of creating that utopian world never ceases to fail. Human nature is too greedy in its essence and

Interestingly enough Huxley was born into very influential intellectuals that had great moral obligations as well as backgrounds in art and poetry and in science such as evolutionary biology. Both this strict and intellectual background was highly influential in Huxley’s writings of “Brave New World” and other works of literature as well. Other personal events such as his mother’s death by cancer influences ideas in the book such as his view on the “transience of human happiness” that is apparent in the vain attempts of achieving happiness in “Brave New World.” All together “Brave New World” draws a plethora of inspiration from Huxley’s life and background. The very experiences that Huxley has is almost a direct source of content for this novel and without the life Huxley led, “Brave New World” would not be the novel we have