In the 60's I read the book 1984. I remember being disturbed a bit that life might change so much in 20 years. Mostly I thought it was just the rambling thoughts of someone with a vivid imagination. This book really, really scared me - because the way things are going in this country, I could see most of this actually happening. Cancer has been cured. That's great Medicines have been developed that make the "elderly" feel better than they did twenty years before. That's great. The problem now is that everyone is living a long, long time. If someone becomes incapacitated he is put on life-support forever unless it is determined that there is no brain activity. Why? It is immoral to "kill" anyone. And besides, there are companies who are making a lot of money keeping those machines going. ( I am sure that is only a secondary consideration.) Who is paying for all of this? Not the government, who can barely afford to pay our national interest. It is the young. Yes the young, who will never know the American dream because they can barely make it - all that 'health' care for the old ones is expensive. They are mad and some of them aren't taking it anymore! Throw in the "big one" hitting L.A. and you have a lot of action going on. It was definitely thought provoking - an interesting book.
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