Written in 1957, and still applicable to today, if not even more so, especially the parts on advertising and mass consumption and manipulating consumers. The only thing that I had problems with while reading this was Huxley's strong anti-Communism, which seemed to make him extremely pro-capitalist and knee-jerk reactionary. Finally, in the last chapter, he talks about preserving democracy, fighting Big Government and Big Business, and even mentions syndicalists in a positive manner. Thus I find myself agreeing with his anti-Communism (big C) and fears of it. Also, have to remember that this was written pretty much at the height of the Cold War.