Interesting:
Panel Discussion: 25 Years of “Amusing Ourselves to Death” – Justin Taylor:
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.
Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.
Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
...In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
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