https://ghafoorsblog.com/tags/neil-postman/Recent content in Neil-Postman on Ghafoor's Personal BlogHugoenhello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)Copyright © 2024-2026 AG Sayyed. All Rights Reserved.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 02:29:46 +0000https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/society-and-culture/01-control-and-persuasion/001-orwell-versus-huxley/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/society-and-culture/01-control-and-persuasion/001-orwell-versus-huxley/<p class="lead text-primary"> Two famous warnings about the future point in opposite directions. One fears a state that forces obedience through pain, the other a culture that wins obedience through comfort until people stop caring about the truth. </p> <hr> <h2 id="fear-or-pleasure-two-models-of-control">Fear or Pleasure, Two Models of Control</h2> <p><em>Published 2026-07-06 · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tZgy-x9xrmw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch the short</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ErMia5I7SHc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the companion short</a></em></p> <p>Two shorts posted the same day make one argument. People picture the future going wrong as <strong>George Orwell</strong>&rsquo;s <em>1984</em>, with a government that watches everything, restricts speech and controls truth through fear. <strong>Aldous Huxley</strong>, in <em>Brave New World</em>, warned of something different, control through pleasure.</p>