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\n\"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled\" - Aldous Huxley Interview by Mike Wallace on May 18, 1958, from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin \"This is Aldous...\n\"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled\" - Aldous Huxley Interview by Mike Wallace on May 18, 1958, from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin \"This is Aldous Huxley, a man haunted by a vision of hell on earth. Mr. Huxley wrote a Brave New World, a novel that predicted that some day the entire world would live under a frightful dictatorship. Today Mr. Huxley says that his fictional world of horror is probably just around the corner for all of us.\" - Mike Wallace In this remarkable interview, Huxley foretells a future when telegenic presidential hopefuls use television to rise to power, technology takes over, drugs grab hold, and frightful dictatorships rule us all. Enjoy the journey and tell us in the comments whether he was right. Learn more about Aldous Huxley, including his connections with The Doors and Carl Sagan, on our website Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday... it's free Recent Episodes Bob Dylan at 20 on Freak Shows Patti Smith in 1976 on Getting Bleeped Frank Zappa in 1971 on Fads Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing Martin Scorsese on Framing Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials David Bowie on Stardust Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys Credits EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Gerlach ANIMATOR Patrick Smith PRODUCER Amy Drozdowska COLORIST Jennifer Yoo Music via APM \"Pathways\" Stephen James Root \"Das Funtfe Streichquartett\" Viera Janarcekova \"Frozen Wonder\" Marc Frederick Teitler Help us caption & translate this video!\n
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