Reaction to Brave New World

Wow. What a story. Well, I definitely give Huxley some credit for a vivid, yet bizarre imagination. Imagine a world where the children are as promiscuious as described in the book. All childhood innocence is gone--well, it's still there, because they don't know that what they are doing was once considered morally wrong, but yet our standards of innocence today are shattered by the revelation that the kids are "playing" in the leaves. Also, that people would be "mass produced" is a crazy idea. I'm a firm believer in individuality and this would be a horrible way to make a population...that you could potentially end up with a relative is somewhat disturbing. Also, I think the brain-washing is horrible. Yes, it is effective, but at what cost? To incite fear or a preconceived notion into one's head is villanous; creating a thought that one would automatically adapt as their own is horrible because it stops the seed of individuality in its tracks. Overall, though, the concepts in the book are important to discuss because it not only let's us look into what the future could hold, but also what we want to avoid now to eliminate the possibility of a society similar to the Brave New World's society.