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Book · 2011 · Literary Criticism

Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley · Recommended by 3 people on 4 podcasts

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Everybody should read it.
Alex Jones · The Tucker Carlson Show · Apr 2025 Listen at 2:01:14

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The best things said about it

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Huxley did write something called Brave New World Revisited.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 2025
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Huxley wrote Brave New World Revisited and said the future's not 1984 guns and black boots and you know boot on the face it's turning humans into cyborgs.
Alex Jones Candace · Jul 2024
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Brave New World Revisited. It's non-fiction.
Alex Jones Candace · Jul 2024
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As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions.
Tristan Harris The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2020

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Why people recommend it

Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley is a nonfiction essay collection in which the author evaluates whether contemporary society is hurtling closer to the dystopian nightmare he previously forecasted in his famous novel. On The Tucker Carlson Show, Alex Jones strongly recommended the work as essential nonfiction that everyone should read. Jeffrey Wasserstrom discussed the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast within the context of dystopian box sets and its relationship to Huxley's earlier fiction. Jones also referenced the volume on Candace, arguing that Huxley accurately predicted a future defined by psychological manipulation, genetic engineering, drug-laden sustenance, and pervasive government control rather than overt physical tyranny. Additionally, Tristan Harris cited the work on The Joe Rogan Experience, quoting Huxley's observation that civil libertarians and rationalists consistently fail to account for humanity's almost infinite appetite for distractions. Across these appearances, guests used Huxley's sociological critiques to warn modern audiences about the subtle mechanisms of mass persuasion, technological distraction, and societal complacency in an increasingly technocratic world.

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Alex Jones an hour long and I've read his book Brave New World Revisited. That's non-fiction. Everybody should read it. 3
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“an hour long and I've read his book Brave New World Revisited. That's non-fiction. Everybody should read it.”
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“His brother was Aldis Huxley and Huxley wrote Brave New World Revisited and said the future's not 1984 guns and black boots and you know boot on the face it's turning humans into cyborgs it's genetically engineered ing you. It's it's it's it's drugging your food and water until everyone is mind controlled. And he said so Brave New World”
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“It it's Bertrren Russell. I read his books. He says that Brave New World Revisited. It's non-fiction. Aldis Huxley 1961 says that u and then you actually go read the UN plans.”
Jeffrey Wasserstrom But you know, there was a kind of, it's not exactly a sequel, but Huxley did write something called 'Brave… 2
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“But you know, there was a kind of, it's not exactly a sequel, but Huxley did write something called 'Brave New World Revisited.' - Yes, he did.”
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“And then the third volume is Huxley's 'Brave New World' and 'Brave New World Revisited.' And it was published in complex characters.”
Tristan Harris as huxley remarked in brave new world revisited the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the… 1
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“as huxley remarked in brave new world revisited the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions”

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