Auto-Intoxication: Aldous Huxley on the Art of Deep Rest

(A Protest Against the Ready-Made Entertainment of the Twenty(first)-Century)

Hello friends,

All the threats that lurk over humanity can be traced back to the same source - the slow decay of our inner lives.

We watch modern wars, for example, as ancient Romans watched gladiator fights. We cheer to the side we support, shout how unjust our ‘fighter’ is treated by our opponents, and refuse to admit that the person on the other side …