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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
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Science Fiction Writer
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
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