Peacock’s Too-Realistic ‘Brave New World’ Shows We Ignore The Individual At Our Peril
NBC’s new version of ‘Brave New World,’ streaming on Peacock, gives voice to the decline of individualism under the guise of increasing happiness.
‘The Circle’ Is Imperfectly Executed, But Still Eerily Relevant
The film doesn’t really do full justice to its source material. But it’s still highly watchable, and succeeds as a powerful conversation starter.
We Should Fear ‘Brave New World’ More Than We Do ‘1984’
George Orwell’s dystopian classic, ‘1984,’ is back in vogue—but to understand what’s happening in our world, we need less Big Brother and more Aldous Huxley.
The 1985 Book That Predicted Today’s Media—And Political—Madness
Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ warned us that politics would eventually become indistinguishable from show business. The 2016 election should firmly cement his reputation as the Nostradamus of the digital age.
The Other Sixties Revolution Has Unexpectedly Returned
Two cultural revolutions occurred in the sixties. One was political, the other religious and therapeutic.
The Brave New World of Same-Sex Marriage
The deep anthropological assumptions inherent in the push for same-sex marriage are those of synthetic biology and the new eugenics.