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Quote of the Day by Aldous Huxley: “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the...” — A timeless reminder from the visionary author of Brave New World about curiosity, passion, and keeping the joy of learning alive through every stage of life.

The quote of the day by Aldous Huxley reveals a powerful truth about genius, success, and human happiness. In today’s fast-moving world, many people lose curiosity, passion, and emotional energy with age. Huxley’s wisdom says real intelligence grows when people protect enthusiasm, creativity, and wonder like a child. This inspirational…

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Quote of the day by Aldous Huxley: 'A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in...' - life lessons on changing perspectives, mood swings, mindset, why your thoughts and beliefs change over time by Brave New World author

Quote of the day by Aldous Huxley: Aldous Huxley observed that human thought is rarely stable, with beliefs shifting based on mood and energy. His quote highlights this fluid nature. This reflects how internal psychological shifts, rather than new information, can alter our interpretations of life and decision-making.

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How interwar fiction made sense of an increasingly noisy world

Noise was first considered a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the “age of noise” by the author and essayist Aldous Huxley. In this era, the proliferation of mechanical sounds, particularly the rumble of road and air traffic, the blare of loudspeakers and the rising decibels of industry,…

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How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his portrayal of the oppressive aspects of life in Oceania, the superstate in which Nineteen Eighty-Four is set.

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The 11 Most Iconic Sci-Fi Stories About Sleep Of All Time

The genre of science fiction has a lot to say about sleep. Here are 11 great stories from TV, film, and books.

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Terence McKenna, the Would-Be Jesus of Psychedelics

A new biography explores the life and ideas of the man who founded the first primitive religion of the future.

Reason

Stalin, Putin and an enduring obsession with immortality

Letter: Readers respond to an article by Aleks Krotoski about dictators and tech billionaires wanting to ‘solve the problem’ of ageing

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The 10 Best Standalone Sci-Fi Books

Who has time for a Dune-size epic? Check out these standalone sci-fi instead.

The Mary Sue

9 Sci-Fi Predictions That Became Real—and Still Terrify Us

From the moment humans began imagining the future, science fiction has served as both a telescope into what could be and a mirror reflecting our deepest fears. Across literature, television, and film, authors and creators have dared to envision astonishing technologies and dystopian societies. While many of those ideas once…

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Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times

Is there any past work of fiction that can help us make sense of today’s troubling trends? Taking into account the proliferation of references to obfuscating “Newspeak”, Big Brother-style leaders and impossible-to-circumvent surveillance systems in newspaper articles, this question cries out for a simple answer: “Yes – and that work…

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“People have brains. They should use them instead of becoming like the machines they’re trying to play”: From experience, Hawkwind’s Dave Brock is against AI. Surprisingly, he’s also against the prevalence of legalised drugs

Even though a lost account password threatened production, 2023 concept album The Future Never Waits is a death-to-life analysis of why humans keep corrupting everything

Louder

The acid trip too weird for the Huxleys

How Britain's most famous intellectual family hit the rocks one intense acid-drenched night in Connecticut

Salon

Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders

Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our offices and homes. Their success in both environments comes down to extreme adaptations for surviving with little water – whether braving the brutal sun or enduring weeks of…

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Why you should swap the crowded French Riviera for Marseille’s lesser-known shores

Nice local Chloe Braithwaite finds respite from the summer crowds of the Cote d'Azur in the sleepy towns that surround France’s oldest city

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The Ultimate Guide To 50 Sci-Fi Essentials Under $25 On Amazon

Epic adventures, mind-bending tales, and futuristic thrills, all perfectly priced for your next journey.

Evening Standard

Meet the family leading the psychedelic revolution

Drug campaigner Amanda Feilding has been at the forefront of psychedelic science for half a century. Now her sons are joining the firm. Will the Beckley research empire change the way we treat mental ill health asks Alexandra Jones

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Was going to space a good idea?

In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Aldous Huxley, theologian Paul Tillich, nuclear scientist Harrison…

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‘He was treated like a holy figure’: why Captain Beefheart quit music for the easel

He was a musical maverick whose Trout Mask Replica still sticks out on best-of lists, but when he gave up rock to paint, his art was dismissed as doodles. Now his remarkable work is getting its due

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Captain America 4 to be released under new title

Fans were quick to notice a change to the name of the forthcoming Marvel film

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Ninety years on, what can we learn from reading Evelyn Waugh's troubling satire Black Mischief?

Ninety years ago, in October 1932, the English satirist Evelyn Waugh published his third novel Black Mischief. He’d had a hit two years prior with Vile Bodies, a novel that made famous (even as it mocked) the slang and habits of the aristocratic Bright Young Things and propelled Waugh to…

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Cold comfort: get ready to shiver watching a World Cup you helped to pay for

From the Premier League to the Qatar World Cup, football is inextricably linked to the oil industry with implications for all

The Guardian - UK

Brainwashed by Daniel Pick review – do great minds really think alike?

From The Simpsons to QAnon via The Stepford Wives, the psychoanalyst’s absorbing study of mind control is part media studies, part political history

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Why digital newsrooms should do ‘less but better’ to prosper

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University just released its annual report on the state of the news industry – and it makes for depressing reading. The Digital News Report 2022, informed by data from 46 markets, concludes that interest and trust in the news is…

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Portrait of famed writer DH Lawrence to be bought by Nottingham City Council and put on display

'The portrait has been offered for sale to Nottingham by a private collector in the USA'

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Whether in war-torn Ukraine, Laos or Spain, kids have felt compelled to pick up crayons and put their experiences to paper

“They still draw pictures!”

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