In the book Brave New World, the characters live in a dystopian world of drugs, sex and no-emotions. They are taught how to live one certain way, and ONLY that way. They know nothing but what they are taught. This made me think of our world. We also use things such as drugs, or the media, to shut out our world, like soma. When we are hit with a problem, our generation is the first of many to not only avoid the problem, but to shut out the rest of the world completely. Why? Is it because we were taught to act this way? Or is it because we are used to being pampered and we are used to avoiding problems and letting them swallow us up? I think we are the most unfortunate generation, because we will never know what it is like to truly live life. We will be to busy staring into the screens of our iPads, with our earphones plugged into our ears. Agree?