Responce to readings
Since I have finished reading both books required for this course, I thought I would give a short response on each.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Is an interesting read. I liked this book because of its juxtaposition between humanity and a totalitarian government.
Also I enjoyed Aldous Huxleys description of the world, compelling characters and imaginative story. However I found the end of the book quite depressing.
This book looks like it inspired the film Equilibrium as well as one of the first modern post-apocalyptic stories out there. This book was definitely worth my time to read as it provides allot of inspiration for future game projects. As well as all this It was great to have a chance to read some old school science fiction that gets you to think differently about how the world could have been.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond, talks allot about sustainability as well as evolution. This book takes a good third of the book introducing you to various problems faced today and compares them to problems of the past. I think this book needs a Sequel because the last few chapters are great, and it seems like Jared Diamond comes more of advocate of the environment.
What is interesting about this book is that it shows humans are slow learners, when it comes to the taking care of the planet. Also I was intrigued to learn about art and what context it had to evolution, especially in relation to the bowerbird.
This book is good introduction to evolution if you have not read Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. This book also makes me realise on how much we still have to do to save the planet.