The first paper you have been assigned is to look into theinterior— yours ---through these lenses; the next one will be to use them to interpret the exterior through them. To this end, you have been...

The first paper you have been assigned is to look into theinterior—yours---through these lenses; the next one will be to use them to interpret the exterior through them. To this end, you have been given the images of dystopia—from the very first week’s video—In Shadow—to Orwell’s1984to the non-fictional arguments stated. by Ellul in his book and Huxley in his speech. Your second paper is to be about theexterior—the dystopia of your world. You may do a full reading of all or part of the vision expressed, strictly in symbolic imagery, ofIn Shadow, indeed you were asked to begin to do so in your very first assignment. You were given just a few symbols to interpret—now you can interpret whole stretches of that visual treatment of the dystopia we all live in. Once again, this course has given you the terms and concepts to do so. Or you can turn to Orwell and Huxley and Ellul to help you understand the world you live in. It is up to you. You will need to turn in these papers—the only papers required of you-- in final form by the final week, so you had better start working on drafts for them now so that we can both be working on your re-writes.

Also contributing to a vision of dystopia is this week’s video from Truthstream Media,The Minds of Men.When you watch it, you may recall the second part of the second video ofThe Century of the Self, which dealt with not only the sub-rational but the sub-conscious programming of the human being, also present in Brave New World, and which is being called “psychological warfare,” at the moment.