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“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Book:Ends and Means: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization

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Ends and Means: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization

This book delves into the philosophical underpinnings of ideals and the strategies employed to bring them to fruition. more

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Aldous Huxley was an English writer and philosopher, renowned for his dystopian novel 'Brave New World'. Born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England, he was the younger brother of the poet and critic Leonard Huxley. Huxley's works frequently delved into the interplay of science, politics, and philosophy, and he was a prominent figure in the literary movement known as the 'Lost Generation'. He passed away on November 22, 1963. more

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