Our society is in a way living in the Brave New World. The idea of mass production is all too familiar. Costco attracts a myriad of customers from everyday denizens to small business owners as the cheap, abundant quantities of a variety of products are not only convenient, but also financially more affordable in the long run. Huxley also claims that "impersonable forces" are pushing in the direction of less freedoms most visibly, overpopulation. For example, because of the "baby boom," there are currently more older people residing in the United States. Overtime, it is predicted that the social security act will have to be reformed as there would be more money being taken out to give to the elderly, over the money coming from the younger generation through taxes. Lastly, Huxley predicted the overwhelming power of technological advancements.
Today, technology serves a very important role in our lives as society revolves around it's function. A common goal that our society shares is constantly advancing to becoming a "better" community. Aldous Huxley made several predictions of the future about limited freedoms and am overpowering dictatorship. The communist element is not shown in politics today but socially may be true with the ethical and social issue of genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is becoming more popular and it manipulates different species to produce the "fittest." Although Huxley's visions of the future are a little extreme and on the border of crazy, we are slowly headed in that direction of overorganization.
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