"I don’t know what, exactly, the connection is, but it’s unsettling."
Zoning, eugenics, universal compulsory schooling, the Fed, modernism, total war, etc, etc—all of these ideas and institutions emerged during the Progressive Era. The zeitgeist of the day was *technocracy*: the great many should live according to a system wisely planned …
"I don’t know what, exactly, the connection is, but it’s unsettling."
Zoning, eugenics, universal compulsory schooling, the Fed, modernism, total war, etc, etc—all of these ideas and institutions emerged during the Progressive Era. The zeitgeist of the day was *technocracy*: the great many should live according to a system wisely planned and capably managed by the elite few.
Brave New World was published near the end of this period, and is always worthy of a re-read.
"I don’t know what, exactly, the connection is, but it’s unsettling."
Zoning, eugenics, universal compulsory schooling, the Fed, modernism, total war, etc, etc—all of these ideas and institutions emerged during the Progressive Era. The zeitgeist of the day was *technocracy*: the great many should live according to a system wisely planned and capably managed by the elite few.
Brave New World was published near the end of this period, and is always worthy of a re-read.