"And anyhow, hadn't you better wait till you actually see the new world?" (139). So what did I learn from this book? More than anything, it is very, very much so like our world. To begin with, the use of technology not to improve, but rather retrogress life. We're getting lazier with everything that we do, and there is no connection between people anymore unless it's via text or call. Next, the idea that it's better to buy something new if the old one breaks, rather than trying to fix it. This I think is most like our world, we rarely fix things, instead we buy new and better models of the broken object. Next, the use of soma everyday for the people in the book. Our world today thinks that life is better or more fun if you're not sober. This book, more than anything, has taught me to change my ways of thinking and doing things.