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Sir Ken Robinson’s ideas were so similar to the society in Brave New World that it really made me think that today’s society is not far off from theirs. Without making the changes he suggests, we will end up just like them.
One parallel that really caught my attention was the ADHD reference. It is evident that kids today are being medicated for literally everything. Kids are too hyper, not perky enough, too sad, too quiet, or just too “weird.” We are ruining the great minds of tomorrow by trying to manipulate children into being little educated robots. Some of these drugs are abused all the time and can be severely addictive. They also have side effects that seem worse than the initial problem. So why do this to the future people that will run our world? It’s all for progress. This is totally in congruency with Brave New World. In the book someone states, “What you need is a gramme of soma.” This is simply because Bernard looks a little unhappy. Because he is different, society says he should be medicated and anesthetized.
This also makes me think of the hypnopedia in the book. Robinson shows how students are put into a zombie like state and are almost forced to pay attention to “boring” teachers and learn in a not stimulating environment. They are being turned into living text books that are not able to think as creative or critically. It’s like students almost do not even realize what they are learning, they just know it’s true. This is similar to the sleep teachings because people are unaware of what they are learning and taking in but they believe it to be true.
Obviously there are even more parallels with the video and Brave New World. The goal should be to avoid the dystopia, stifling world state.