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    The document discusses themes from the novel Brave New World. It addresses the overall message that true happiness cannot be pursued directly and comes through depth of social connection rather than drugs or pleasure. It explores how the novel challenges concepts of happiness and argues that struggle and difficulty are necessary for progress. Finally, it suggests that about 80% of modern society focuses on comfort through money and goods, while only 20% focuses on deeper truths and beauty found in nature and relationships.

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    The document discusses themes from the novel Brave New World. It addresses the overall message that true happiness cannot be pursued directly and comes through depth of social connection rather than drugs or pleasure. It explores how the novel challenges concepts of happiness and argues that struggle and difficulty are necessary for progress. Finally, it suggests that about 80% of modern society focuses on comfort through money and goods, while only 20% focuses on deeper truths and beauty found in nature and relationships.

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    BraveNewWorldSeminarPreWrite

    1. WhatisoverallmessageofBNW?
    TheoverallmessageofBNW,asViktorE.Franklsoeloquentlysaid,Happinesscannot
    bepursued,itmustensue,andeventhen,happinessshouldnotbetheendgoalofhumanity.
    Happinesscannotbesubstitutedforbymanysexualrelationships,geneticaltering,conditioning
    anddrugs.Itcomesthroughdepthofsocialconnectionandnaturality.

    2. Inwhatwayshas
    BraveNewWorld
    madeyouthinkabouttheconceptofhappiness?
    Ithasmademethinkofhappinessasanaddictionratherthananemotion,andeven
    loweredthevalueofhappinessformepersonally,becausethevalueofsomethingis
    determinedbytheamountofit.BywhichImeanthatthevalueofhappinessisgreaterwhen
    sadnessismoreprevalent.WhenJohnclaimstherighttobeunhappy,itreallymademethink
    aboutthenaturalbalanceofemotionsthathaskeptusaliveforsolong.

    3. WhatdoesJohnmeanbysayingnothingincivilizationcostsenough(page239)?
    Thereisnostruggleintheirsociety,nodifficultiesorunpleasantness,noconflict,nothing
    thatpeoplehavetoreallyworkfor.Humanitysgreatestachievementscameintimeofstruggle,
    suchaswarsleadingtothemoonlanding.Toprogress,wemusthaveareasontoprogress,a
    problemtoovercome,acuriositytosatisfy.

    4. Howmuchofoursocietydoyouthinkisfocusedoncomfortandhowmuchdoyouthink
    isfocusedontruthandbeauty?Giveoverallpercentagesandexplainwhy?
    Ifbycomfort,youmeanmoneyandmaterialgoods,Iwouldthink80%,asfortruthand
    beauty,suchasinnatureandconnectionswithothers,havingwhatyouneed,etc.,Iwouldthink
    20%.Duetosocialization,manythinkhappinesscomesfrommaterialgoods,butIbelieve
    especiallypeoplelikeartists,doctorssuchaspsychologist,aswellaspeoplewhostudy
    conceptsofpositivepsychologyhaveadeeperunderstandingontruthandbeautyinlife.

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