For your first piece of writing in here -- and in college, too, I'm thinking -- choose one of the topics below. 

In two-three pages, write a thesis-focused essay which addresses either:

Progress.  Often we link notions of technology and progress.  When should we call change progress?  When should we not? 

Ideas.  "Ideas" seem very important to the civilization in which the characters of Brave New World live.  How is the notion of "ideas" presented there different from one you might have, however?  For instance, what does and does not generate ideas for John Savage?  For Mustafa Mond? For you/us? 

Confusion.  What role does technology play in clarifying -- or creating -- confusion, either within Brave New World or within our daily lives?