Haha, thanks!

Interesting point about the word "public." Yes, this reminded me of what K says about conditioning too. It's not surprising that he and Huxley were friends. I think a lot of our conditioning is infused by education and upbringing early on. I don't know what we're born with, if anything.

Cool story about the boy too. Maybe through training, our minds become more dependent on language and logical thought as we get older. Are kids able to live "in the moment" more easily? Is that why a day seemed like forever when you were young?

The existence of Big Brother is facilitated by technology but is entirely due to people!