Is a brave new world on the horizon?

     As our world advances we find ourselves discovering new technology that is leading us to a world that could be as impersonal as the one Huxley writes about. What is the price of this brave new world? The costs of these new advancements involve losses of freedom. Through overpopulation individuals receive less and the must work more to compete. One would just have to look at college applications. Each year, more students apply to a limited number of spots and once they're in they will have to claw at the throats of others to get the classes they need. Huxley also warns of the dangers of subordination from over-organization. Today, any profitable corporation has is divided into departments which in turn is divided into different sub-departments which then proceeds to have a hierarchy over workers. Few make it to the top of the pyramid and those that do aren't willing to give up that spot.
     The competition among fortune 500 companies such as Apple and Samsung have brought great changes though. In a span of 30 years communication became portable and instantaneous. The world is now smaller than ever before. Despite these amazing feats, these companies keep striving towards a profitable future which will always involve competition. To outcompete, companies use advertising which subconsciously make us want to buy their products. The effects these ads have is incredible, but what if this form of mind control--I mean communication--were taken advantage of. The propaganda of the Hitler regime would be minor to what would happen today. Most people assume that what happened in history will never be repeated. But the hunger for power is ravenous and this passion may cause people to use our technological advances to build a world that mirrors the one Huxley describes.