Orwell and Huxley did not disagree on the world's destination; they merely envisaged differently the road which would take us there were we to stay ignorant, obtuse, placid or indolent enough to allow things to go their natural way.

Zygmunt Baumann “ Liquid Modernity “ S. 54. https://giuseppecapograssi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bauman-liquid-modernity.pdf

For introduction a recent scientific statement:  https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/public-events/archiv/alter-net/former-ss/2007/05-09.2007/steffen/literature/ambi-36-08-06_614_621.pdf