About a month ago I was preparing a streaming video player for an event at work. During downtime, the player streams old content from Michigan Television (public TV at U of M that has now been closed). In a pleasant coincidence, I happened to see an interview with Thylias Moss, an English professor at U-M [...]
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Civilization Is Sterilization
Today’s lesson comes from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It is the tale of a future society in which everything is completely controlled through eugenics (i.e. – managing human breeding for a desired outcome), psychological conditioning (so that people’s tastes, desires, and turn-offs are all as the government wants), sexual promiscuity (to keep everyone [...]
