Humanity has always been fascinated by books that give us an apocalyptic vision of the future. The destruction of a nation; the fall of our government or, in Huxley's view, its rise to power in formidable ways. As Huxley says, “truth would be drowned in a sea of ​​irrelevance… [and humanity] would be reduced to passivity and selfishness.” In contemporary America, Huxley's pessimistic but already fulfilled prophecy illustrates how both the government and we ourselves are at fault: as we are deliberately aware of the things he describes but, nevertheless, choose to let his ideas come true, rather What a ridiculous statement. vision of the future. Distractions in entertainment are colossal, outrageous, and readily available. Websites like CNN continually support this view; as you can often read headlines like “Syrian Government in Crisis,” alongside headlines like “Kanye West Settles Aggravated Assault Lawsuit.” In corporate America, websites, newspapers and television programs are no longer interested in providing factual information, because, as Dan Gainor explains in America Distracted, "it's not sexy to talk about missiles helping Al Qaeda, and so thousands of websites across the country do not." 'T." (O'Neil) America is aware that issues surrounding our country and foreign policy are pessimistic and gloomy, so we allow government officials to "oversee" it, because worrying about Miley Cyrus twerking is more applicable to our daily lives. Even “credited” news sources like ABC World News rarely deliver what they promote: comprehensive, unbiased political coverage of world affairs. Filled with internet clips and celebrity headlines, the half-hour program dedicates less than 10 minutes to... middle of paper... to the United States government,” and for this reason, “even informed citizens have no idea what is really happening Americans today are wavering on the quest for security national and government power. We want an effective intelligence community, but we don't want too much surveillance or data collection. We want to capture the enemy, but the thought of drone attacks makes us uncomfortable. Although many try to find a balance between the two, ultimately we can do nothing about it, because true to President Kennedy's word, the United States government only hires "the best and the brightest" to control, manipulate, and protect us..