{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 89 - May The Ford Be With You - (Brave New World)","description":"Welcome to part two of our double bill on famous dystopia! In this episode Dan Holder and I delve into the 1931 novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. While disecting Huxley's vision of a dys(u?)topia, we chat about:&amp;nbsp;  How this should've been an essay Is this even dystopia? Boring mantra and cliches; and how they are the death of thought The passing of fads vs art Hedonistic &quot;happiness&quot; Ignorance of what you might want Biological manipulation Side effects of technology External vs Internal reasons for doing things Chestertons fence Scientific &quot;arrogance&quot; The ego when it is asked to elaborate on a conviction&amp;nbsp; Disagreeability in thinkers  &amp;nbsp; There is also spoilers for the movie Gattica at 40:05.&amp;nbsp; This episode was a blast, talk soon! ","author_name":"Really True Fiction","author_url":"http:\/\/reallytruefiction.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33956082\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/181186612"}