Will This Lead to a "Brave New World"
Brave New World is possibly one of the most disturbing books ever written. When I was younger I thought that there was no way that the family would be replaced by what amounts to a baby factory. Now I am not so certain.
Look at France. It has a birthrate of 1.94 children per woman, which is not even enough to replace this generation, yet is one of the highest in Europe. Will the need for children and maintaining a society's ethnic make up drive this.
There was a similar idea in the short-lived but excellent TV series Space Above and Beyond when "invitros" or "tanks" were artificially bred humans brought about to make up a declining population (and quickly found themselves discriminated against by real humans.)
Are we one step closer to Huxley's nightmare of Brave New World?
Look at France. It has a birthrate of 1.94 children per woman, which is not even enough to replace this generation, yet is one of the highest in Europe. Will the need for children and maintaining a society's ethnic make up drive this.
There was a similar idea in the short-lived but excellent TV series Space Above and Beyond when "invitros" or "tanks" were artificially bred humans brought about to make up a declining population (and quickly found themselves discriminated against by real humans.)
Are we one step closer to Huxley's nightmare of Brave New World?
posted by shoprat at 5:09 PM
6 Comments:
I agree with neo, excellent post SR. I was thinking, with the low birthrate and people living longer, that will leave less people to support our aging population. People are living longer. I know this isn't a popular view, but is America not as worried about this because of immigration?
Evidently the French male's reputation as a great lover is vastly overrated, or they would be able to maintain a positive population growth :)
I hate to think that a country would have to resort to "baby farms" to keep it's own national identity alive.
That was a disturbing book when I read it years ago, and it is more disturbing now, for the very reasons you mention.
BTW, I finally got my links up to date and you are on there now...
Never read the book, but would have to agree with everyone here. We are certainly headed in that direction. Hopefully it stops at the french border.
If we don't respect life, anything's possible. Some people have been saying infanticide("Euthanasia") is just around the corner. Doesn't seem all that far-fetched, really.
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