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dara
is on page 36 of 288
I usually love a dystopian & I can already see themes of humans trying to play God with eugenics and ensuring conformity through genetic and social engineering but Huxley’s prose is a bit difficult - he likes overly long run on sentences and doesn’t punctuate v well. It’s probably stylistic/ intentional but it requires a lot of concentration. The sexual themes & lack of child safeguarding is v uneasy for me tho
— Aug 16, 2026 07:45AM
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dara
is on page 198 of 288
why are all the evil people in STEM (more so science and tech) #nooticing
— Sep 19, 2026 10:44AM
dara
is on page 197 of 288
work itself is not the social evil. Work that has been completely devalued and deprived of any social meaning, alienated and for the interests of the few is the social evil. What do we mean by ‘work’, ‘play’ ‘happiness’ ‘rest’. An “optimal” society even if it were achieved by human standards would still be utterly soulless.
— Sep 19, 2026 10:42AM
dara
is on page 106 of 288
A real good read!! Linda’s character is sending meeeee wdym monogamy is uncivilised wow the traumatic undoing of her conditioning mixed with nostalgia at the site of Lenina is sooo interesting.
— Sep 16, 2026 11:37PM
dara
is on page 100 of 288
What the hell kinda ritual going on?! I hate that we are watching this from lenina and Bernard’s perspective because we’re forced to see the “savages” as…savage!
— Sep 16, 2026 10:48AM
dara
is on page 80 of 288
I’m kind of in love with huxley’s writing style. After the density of chapter 1, the following chapters outlining this kind of pseudo religious world dependent on social emotional and genetic engineering have me so hooked. The replacing God with Ford, ✝️ with T, perverting the concept of communion and dying to self. It’s like Huxley your mind to have written this is so complex I love it.
— Sep 10, 2026 03:28PM
dara
is on page 60 of 288
Chugging through for the sake of book club! Starting to get better now they’ve introduced us to Bernard
— Sep 07, 2026 08:28AM