


When reading the following please understand that whenever I use the word “morals” I am not referring to limited concepts based on any particular believe.  I say this because we live in a world which confuses morality with ignorance.  A world that confuses moral behavior with external behavior is seldom not interested on the truth and has a false idea of right and wrong.   Morals are often confused with code of ethics or confuse with false ego.  Code of ethics refer to conduct placed by outside sources, whether work or religion.  A code of ethics can or cannot be moral.  Another example would be the confusion that because someone is part of a particular group;  be it political or religious;  that person has morals.  The hard truth is that morality is clear cut about right and wrong, and is rooted on behavior not on code of ethics.  A person could belong to any group and be immoral in their actions.  I hope I have explained myself properly for you to properly understand the message I am trying to convey in this article; so let’s start….



Although Aldous Huxley wrote his books many years ago, his predictions as to what would become of society are proving to be quite accurate.  He described this times as a time of “delusional freedom” while in reality we live under a dictatorship.  Let’s take a close look at the roots of this “dictatorship”

The first thing we should examine is the fast growth of technology.  This should be reason for us to feel more content, however when technology is gloried as the highest of achievements which cannot or should not be questioned, there is something seriously wrong.  It’s objectives are the increase of productivity, efficiency, consumption and satisfaction; the latter as a secondary element. Under this precept one cannot or should not doubt technology.  This way of thinking has become so preeminent that technology prevails even over science.  Technology is considered “the path” and goal of humanity; the more variables are controlled, the more people believe all will be better. Technology; not only its more usual versions,\; but also its more gentle or subtle versions are meant to control all variables previously mentioned.


Pleasure can be quantified through consumption. In this aspect our modern society brainwashes us into the false belief that only bodily sensations are valid; they serve as a moral and ethical compasses for society.  Pleasure, fear and other sensations become the ruler of the masses, and who is in control behind the wheel of pleasure?. Technology.  Technology per se isn’t bad; it becomes an illness to society when the mind and soul of the people are not taught and prepared for the technological developments.  This compounds itself, when you have an industry which is pretty much unrestricted, unlimited and always available to the consumer even when its detrimental.  Let’s not mince words, why would they regulate technology appropriately?…simple, MONEY.



Already a wide variety of products and others on the way of automated dolls are exploding on the market, as well as virtual boyfriend/girlfriends.  We seem to falsely believe we are liberated when all that has been done is taken us from one extreme (prudishness) to another (basic animalistic state).  We don’t seem to realize that whenever extremes are provided, we are headed towards mental collision and internal conflict.  Whenever a mind is presented with a contradiction, there is an error; however if we have not been taught to think for ourselves, to mentally mature, we are more than happy to let others do the thinking for us because trying to figure things out can feel overwhelming, so it feels easier to give in.  Trying to live in balance, embracing all aspects of our nature and the world in which we live in can be quite challenging if you have been taught not to question the status quo, and where reputation, the opinion of others; the so called acceptance of others; has become the ultimate goal rather than character and self development.

The above is one of the many examples of how technology does not solve everything but is more oriented to replace. Technology then has become not conducive to self evolution but to the replacement of our own brain. Let me give you a couple of examples more on how unrestricted use of technology can replace rather than innovate:  The printing press did not evolve the workplace; for those who used to work in the industry, it replace them. Television did not evolve the press but is replacing it.  Technology without limits is replacing families as trainers, replacing humans as procreators, replacing the development of intelligence and mental maturity with ignorance and immaturity by providing a make believe world that seems to have no conflicts, while on the other instilling fear through the presenting and instigating of violence.   Pleasure and fear, that is the game; divide and conquer; a very careful game which most who are unprepared to take responsability for where their lives are headed; don’t care to challenge.  


Let’s not forget that systems of human exploitation are necessary for the existence of this pyramid of false ego and pleasure.  A system of consumption ends with the production of false pleasure for some while exploiting others.  Great philosophers already spoke about biopolitics, about the imposition of social norms on the body, biology and other human aspects. A French philosopher and scientist spoke of fear and vigilance, where “normality” was the hammer by which an individual was kept a slave.  To be normal then has become something which is determined by the masses, with them taking their concepts from those who simply manipulate the system in order to get rich without any moral ethic in place.

In the course of history there has been very robust societies based on influencing fear on its citizens; what then of the societies which use “false immediate pleasure” as their tool of control?. Neil Postman exhibited it in “amusing ourselves to death”.  Everything becomes entertainment; politics, science, private life. When everything becomes entertainment, discourses and rational debates lose meaning and interest with the public. It does not matter if someone exposes a valid theory or a truth that must be examined or recognized.  People are more interested in the public life of that person than in what is being brought to the table and its validity.  This would not happen if people were more interested on seeking, searching, examining, modifying, growing, rather than in popularity and false acceptance.  Is not that “truth” is dead, is that people are not interested on finding the truth if it does not entertain them or if it challenges their own way of living.

Just as those who see themselves as 100% optimistic live in a childish world where they do not confront their own fears but like to pretend they are understanding and tolerant of everyone; in a “happy world” people have been reduced to instruments of their own satisfaction.  These people are capable of enduring humiliating and unjust orders, not because they are forced but by their own choice; they see it as the optimal lesson. This produces a work force that is increasingly submissive, which could not do anything or better said, they do not want to do anything to change the order of things.  Huxley mentioned that those whom the system considers inferior are provided with drugs and constant sex through the media (most tv programs have been designed for no more than the average IQ of a 6 year old!) prostitution, pornography; active and quick access to prescribed and non prescribed drugs; in this way people are reduced to basic animals rather than human beings.

An immense majority will never be able to approach the apex of the pyramid; not if we continue to accept ignorance as bliss.  These people believe that having a little bit of popularity, or a little money, that one day they too will reach the top of the mountain; however the system is well designed to keep the ignorant down, no matter how popular or how much “little” money they may think they have.  The only valuable to surpass this, has always been and will always be the proper education and self development of the mind and spirit, not through doctrine or extremes but through constant self introspection and the learning of various disciplines which have been stripped from the curriculum. 

Huxley did not err in predicting a society dependent on energetic stimulants, which are constantly used with the illusion of having more energy to be able to approach the top of the pyramid.  This is how most people give up their humanity for a robotic state of being, only to be confronted by regrets when they have reached the age of senility and can no longer live life to the fullest in a way that would have brought permanent joy to their soul.   Not even Huxley however could have imagined such a diverse market; why provide only one or two stimulants when you can give many? Any discomfort which prevents us from continuing the pursuit of our illusionary desire to achieve the top of the pyramid has to be medicated.  Stimulants contribute to a delusional state where those who make use of them have no desire to fix the root of the problem; hell they don’t even have to admit there is a problem.

Statistically speaking every year people live better; thanks to technology and other aspects but the gap between rich and non-rich is getting bigger and bigger as is the consumption of stimulants. The current debate on the consumption of illegal psychotropic drugs, rests on the desire to legalize them (like marijuana). The use of these are presented and handled as a matter of “freedom”.  The public debate does not focus on the increase in pressure and instability among its citizens.  What good can be expected from a society which finds itself in so much need of escaping its reality?…


The more centralization, population and individual differences, the greater the disorder. This produces more difficulty to achieve comfort, satisfaction and production; as this happens more, order and control will be requested by those who rule and those who are ruled, otherwise they are exposed to an uncertainty and insecurity of unknown potential.  Above all they fear being exposed to dissatisfaction. Under these premises and under the guise of what is best for our well being, unrestrained technology and its so called benefits only gets stronger and has more control.

Huxley believed that the individual would disappear among the masses and would not have an independent voice, ironically this also happens through an over individualism; where each individual separates, becoming a separate world; therefore its political power is clearly diminished (this is yet another great example of extremes).  So yes there are many “individuals” but they are individuals without an important political power, at the mercy of their contexts; which is why in such state they are forced to ask for help and special protection from the government or private organizations which usually means “playing the game”.  This is why is so important to properly understand the concept of balance.  We are to be our own individual without forgetting we are connected, and in connection with everyone and everything that surrounds us.  Huxley is not the first to come up with these ideas; Osvald Spengler consider the same decades before.

Currently the society of “individuals” is a reality, the fragmentation and political hostility is evident. The color of skin, sexual orientation, body weight, even what one eats or wears; everything is politicized.  Meantime, the greatest powers have began to consolidate with respect to the control of different aspects of our reality. Social media, search engines, with their attempt to control the information on internet and allowing a lot of misinformation.  All kinds of social movements of different political aspects talking about controlling the language; these are only the beginning of an endless list of points where control is being called and begged for.

Technology, not science, is seen as the solution to all problems. Most people who don’t know the actual meaning or what encompasses technology or science seem to confuse both as one.  Science  or as I like to call it “pure Science” is not the same as Technology.  In our ignorance we have confused one with the other.   The parts of science that study human, social, political and economic conditions are not usually part of the discourses with which political laws or products are imposed. On the other hand science is not synonymous with control, science is a method of study; not a method of control of our reality, of the human, of everything. There is no scientific law, nor scientific principle that forces someone or determines the control of reality.  This whole matter of control is one of the consequences of unrestrained technology and uneducated individuals.

On the other hand at this time there are several visions by science disseminators and scientists from around the world who speak about the use of unrestrained technology, and its use to control everything including politics.



With the combined use of technologies, there is no turning back. Freedom can be abolished.  Although Huxley’s predictions were made long ago at a time where technology was less advanced, he argued the various ways in which the will of human beings could be dominated. Who could oppose to something that could do you damage if it was “packaged” under the idea of ​​economic productivity, pleasure and satisfaction. Only ethical and moral arguments could question it, but how could these be heard in a society without ethic-moral determinations; where philosophy is suppressed from curriculum, and political and social sciences are left in second place. Freedom is not quantifiable and has no direct relationship with any economic index; if it is, it does not seem to be of much concern to nations around the world.


Huxley raised scenarios of action, where he focuses on ethical arguments. To defend human dignity or to go in search of the mystical philosopher’ stone? The solution  he recommended is prudency and balance without falling victims to religious dogmas which focus on control or technological dogmas which do the same but mascaraed it under freedom.

Great minds have called us to reflection and self introspection. They call for the propagation of real self reflection.  Being a global problem is not enough with individual reflection…however it has to start somewhere as one only has control over oneself; from there the ripple effect produce itself.  The subject should be discussed in academic fields and then in common fields.  Just like there have been countless groups and debates on freedom and other phenomena within society; public debate can and should be created on this subject, only the can we start to fix the mess we ourselves are creating or contributing to being implemented.

Personally I think more and more people should dive into the learning of various philosophies.  The ability to think outside the box and to think in a well rounded way is something we all posses; however it can only be used after its development.  It is easier to let others to the thinking for us.  It is easier to let others handle life for us.  It is easier to avoid self development and pretend that by claiming a belief on something without doing the work you are saved!.  You are saved by your own actions; God ,the universe gives you the tools but you have to do the work!  Also remember that technology is a great tool but you’ve got to learn to use it wisely; in a balanced way.  You are not here to be its slave but its master!.