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by p1peridine 1427 days ago
Interesting read.

Speaking of dystopian fiction authors; Aldous Huxley wrote the well-known book "Brave New World". [0]

Doing a quick search for MK-ULTRA on Wikileaks one can find this now unclassified transcript from 1974:

> ... AND OTHER CULTS LIKE IT ARE NOT RELIGIOUS, BUT WERE DELIBERATE SYNTHETIC CREATIONS PART OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED THE MK-ULTRA OPERATION, THAT WAS RUN THROUGH BRITISH INTELLIGENCE CONTROL OVER A SECTION OF THE CIA, WAS RUN THROUGH ALDOUS HUXLEY AND GREGORY BATES OUT OF PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. [1]

Wonder if BNW is a blueprint, rather than a fiction book. Thoughts?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003500/https://wikileaks...