{"id":3511,"date":"2026-07-20T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=3511"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:18:35","slug":"1984-vs-brave-new-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/1984-vs-brave-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":"1984 vs Brave New World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>George Orwell (author of 1984)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drown in a sea of irrelevance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;In 1984 people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable New Words from 1984<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bellyfeel<\/strong>: A blind, enthusiastic acceptance of an idea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blackwhite<\/strong>: The ability to accept contradictory beliefs, especially under Party pressure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Crimethink<\/strong>: Refers to thoughtcrime, or unorthodox thoughts against the Party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Crimestop<\/strong>: Means to rid oneself of unwanted thoughts, i.e., thoughts that interfere with the ideology of the Party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doublethink<\/strong>: The act of simultaneously accepting as correct two mutually contradictory beliefs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doubleplusgood<\/strong>: An exaggerated term meaning very good.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Duckspeak<\/strong>: Speaking without thinking, which can be either good or bad depending on the context.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Facecrime<\/strong>: An indication that a person is guilty of thoughtcrime based on their facial expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Orwell (author of 1984) VS. Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World \u2022 &#8220;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.&#8221; \u2022 &#8220;Orwell feared that the truth would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3511\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}