In the video I watched on changing educational paradigms created by Sir Ken Robinson and he explains a universal truth about where the educational system is heading. The section in the video that really connected with me thinking about the Brave New World context is when Robinson starts talking about how the educational system of this day and age splits groups of children by age or "date of manufacture" and educate them like that. Furthermore, Robinson makes a lot of good points but the two points that stuck out at me was the two main ones being Economics and Cultural. The economic point of view is based around, how can you teach the younger generation how to take a place in the 21st century economic stand points. Furthermore, the other point is Cultural, which entails each culture trying to give the younger generation a cultural identity. Therefore, they can pass on there cultural genes. The cultural aspect of the video to me draws a major parallel. In the Brave New World the more intelligent and higher ranking individuals pass on the cultural gene. Furthermore, the cultural identity is displayed when as toddlers and babies they were tested by displaying them books and flowers and as they interacted with said items a loud siren went off, lights started, to flash, and they got shocked.
Connecting The Brave New World with the concepts of Sir Ken Robinson is very thought provoking. The way Robinson talks about how kids are just feed ADHD pills to help them pay attention, but instead of being ill these kids are just distracted not hyperactive. Furthermore the consistence on the way the people in Brave New World take soma as if there the distracted kids in our world. "Although the repeated doses of soma have made them almost completely oblivious to the world around them." This quote tells us that they residents of this society don't just take one dose they take as many as they think they need.
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