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Brave New World vs Nineteen Eighty-Four featuring Adam Gopnik and Will Self
An Intelligence Squared debate in which Will Self argues for Brave New World and Adam Gopnik for Nineteen Eighty-Four as the better dystopian warning. It includes acted excerpts and is chaired by Jonathan Freedland.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a good long debate for the recurring question of whether Orwell or Huxley was right.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Intelligence Squared
- Topic
- dystopian literature
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I don't know if Brave New World or 1984 was right. You will enjoy this debate about that exact question: [VIDEO] Fantastic oratory, excerpts acted out by famous actors, intriguing ideas. Marvelous production.
stickfigure on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Thermometer Tells Your Temperature, Then Tells Firms Where to Advertiseyes! thank you. huxley was right about a scary number of things... this debate between will self and adam gopnik on 'brave new world' vs '1984' is really good if anybody has 1.5 hours to indulge. [VIDEO] just grabbed 'amusing ourselves to death' from libby, …
LesZedCB on Hacker News · 2022-08
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