Our World As We Know It

            Our world is heading into our own Brave New World. Although we are not to the extreme of Huxley’s vision of the world we were heading into, we still show some signs of continuing down the path. Our own United States Military has a space shuttle that we can use to go into space. In science we can genetically modify plants, flies, and even human beings. Our economy in the United States has been on a steady decline for several years. Our politicians in the United States are taking more power by starting universal health care; and on top of this all, our global population is sky rocketing at a rate that will soon reach earths holding capacity.

            The new health care program in the United States gives more power to the government.  What is socialized medicine? Well, depending on where you look up the definition, you might just get a different answer each time. In general, socialized medicine is a system of healthcare that the government provides for its people. The government is supposed to provide for its people of course, but there is a problem when the government controls too much. So where is the government supposed to draw the line and stay out of peoples lives. In the novel A Brave New World, the government controlled everything. Even the class you would be placed in society. Our government is far from that, but whose to say that the government wont start controlling other things. They control health care now, why not control other things.

            Scientists can control many things in our modern world. One of these things is genetic modification. They can alter the genetic makeup of an organism to create a “better” product. These genetic alternations usually are done with plants, or fruit, but the fact is we can do it with humans too. What will happen in a society where our human population has been genetically bread to be the best? Our society would be destroyed. The fact is already we are close to Huxley’s vision of a genetically altered society. To alter humans to that degree would put us pretty much directly into that vision. It did not work in the novel A Brave New World, and something tells me it sure as hell would not work in our real life society.

            The United States military has recently announced that they have a space shuttle that can go into outer space. The thought of any military having a space shuttle gives me an eerie sci-fi feeling. What will a military need a space shuttle for? Well the sound of it reminds me of some sort of a brave new world. Weather or not it is Huxley’s vision of what he believed the world would come to; it brings up a lot of questions. Are we going to be heading into society where wars will no longer be fought on earths surface? Does the government know valuable information about space or our planet that we don’t know? Of course no one can answerer these questions until the time comes when or if these things happen, but non the less people should still question this potentially dangerous situation.

The United States economy has been on a steady decline for some time now. With a declining economy, many people have been losing their jobs, their homes, and many of their possessions. On top of the United States economy doing poorly, the entire global population has been steadily increasing. This is not a good thing. Scientists believe that the earth will reach its holding capacity in the near future. So what happens when it does? I believe society will be on the brink of war everywhere. The entire world will have a delicate scarcity of resources, which will create many problems. People will have no place to live, simply because there will be no room. Food will also be very scarce, so people will starve. Earth will no longer be an oasis for humans to live.

So where exactly are we heading as a World. The answerer lies in an even smaller place. I’m not talking about Countries, or even the towns we live in. No, the answerer lies in us. We as humans are the only ones who can save ourselves from continuing down this traitorous path to destruction. But we must see the evil, and fault in each of our lives. Without acknowledgement from ourselves, there will be nothing to change. Search inside and see ask yourself what kind of place will you want to live in. There you will find the truth.

Im Alex, and im a senior at Rancho Cotate High School. I love music and the entertainment bussines in general. When i graduate i hope to go to the Junior Colege and complete my training to becoame a firefighter. My dream is to make it as a musician though. Im 18 years old and play the drums. I am curently in a band with my three best friends, Bryan Tarver, Greg Hughes, and Rio Nagle. Its ironic that we all happened to play diferent instruments. The name of the band is In Full Circle. We play prog rock and prog metal. We are working on an EP album and are hoping it will be completed by the end of this summer. I hope to see you around at one of our shows someday!