Written in 1932, Aldous Huxley's prophetic novel "Brave New World" presents a vision of tyranny made so efficient that people have come to love their servitude.
These two authors were preceded by Levgueni Zamiatine in "We" (1920) where he describes his vision of a despotic and utopist futre.
In his vision submission is obtained through self-forgetting and adherence to a community subject to mathematical laws. It is a mix of "male and feminine tyranny" but the most important part is the central role of mathematical formulas and an engeneered society which makes it very relevant to our current society where algorithms govern huge parts of our lives.
Russian and soviet scifi writers are really under-rated, I recommend to read Strougatski brothers, Boulgakov or Lem ... etc
These two authors were preceded by Levgueni Zamiatine in "We" (1920) where he describes his vision of a despotic and utopist futre.
In his vision submission is obtained through self-forgetting and adherence to a community subject to mathematical laws. It is a mix of "male and feminine tyranny" but the most important part is the central role of mathematical formulas and an engeneered society which makes it very relevant to our current society where algorithms govern huge parts of our lives.
Russian and soviet scifi writers are really under-rated, I recommend to read Strougatski brothers, Boulgakov or Lem ... etc
Such a wonderful work. I’ve read Huxley when I was still 15 and resonated profoundly with my psychological development. Thanks for the great review.