The secret of happiness and virtue depends on the world you’re living in. And when it’s today’s world of corporate factories and offices, that isn’t far from "the Brave New World," where the secret of happiness and virtue is this:
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“And that,” put the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.
(Passage from Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, quoted from page 115 of Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, by Chris Hedges. Nation Books, 2009.)To hear a nine-minute interview of Aldous Huxley, on Brave New World issues, click here:
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