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brave new world

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brave new world
n.
A world or realm of radically transformed existence, especially one in which technological progress has both positive and negative results.

[After Brave New World, title of a novel by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).]


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In this absorbing and suspenseful satire with echoes of 1984, Brave New World, 2001: A Space Odyssey and even The Longest Yard, the issues of government control and safety versus freedom are played out in a grimly humorous fashion.
Thanks to a grant Webb recently received, Eisenberg might get her wish: Webb and a team of professors and doctoral students are developing several new worlds, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1984 and Brave New World.
This brave new world of military-civilian interchangeability hasn't arrived yet, Bradshaw noted, because the current culture is still immersed in old-style thinking.
 
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