In this episode of ‘Unreliable Narrators’ RTF President Cynthia Chung is invited to unpack C.S. Lewis’ Science Fiction Trilogy and its importance in understanding the causes and remedies of the problems of transhumanism, Malthusianism and the occult plaguing today’s world.
The popular works of Huxley and Orwell that Chung discusses have help many see and escape from the very transhumanist ideology of science that she says their overall work promotes. The heroes of Huxley's novel try to escape from the world of soma and big brother, for example. So, clearly there is more to Huxley than a participant in an evil eugenicst British cabal. Chung uses guilt by association to make her argument, but it is better to view people like Huxley as complex like all humans, who offer things to learn from as well as things to criticise
Hi Karl, Cynthia is not using guilt by association, she did an article series on Huxley titled "Who Will Be Brave in Huxley's New World" that goes over Huxley's background and his involvement with MK Ultra networks and more. The last essay of the four part series goes through Huxley's role directly in this which you can find here: https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/huxleys-ultimate-revolution-the-battle.
The popular works of Huxley and Orwell that Chung discusses have help many see and escape from the very transhumanist ideology of science that she says their overall work promotes. The heroes of Huxley's novel try to escape from the world of soma and big brother, for example. So, clearly there is more to Huxley than a participant in an evil eugenicst British cabal. Chung uses guilt by association to make her argument, but it is better to view people like Huxley as complex like all humans, who offer things to learn from as well as things to criticise
Hi Karl, Cynthia is not using guilt by association, she did an article series on Huxley titled "Who Will Be Brave in Huxley's New World" that goes over Huxley's background and his involvement with MK Ultra networks and more. The last essay of the four part series goes through Huxley's role directly in this which you can find here: https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/huxleys-ultimate-revolution-the-battle.