Huxley or Orwell - who got it right?

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Huxley or Orwell - who got it right?

by Peter CulshawSaturday, 27 November 2010

One question posed by Neil Postman in his Amusing Ourselves To Death is who got it right - Orwell or Huxley? Basically, will we be more damaged by what we love or what we hate? With X Factor and the Royal Wedding the modern Bread and Circuses, it's a question worth raising. Illustration by Steve McMillen.

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