Brave New World

Dear People Who Use the Phrase "Brave New World" to Describe the World in Which We Are Currently Living, or One in the Immediate Future,

You are being unintentionally ironic. And you're being stupid. And clichéd. And did I mention stupid?

We are not living in the brave new world. If you use the term, you're a moron. Sure, the world is new, if you take into account the fact that everything is always new. But brave? Plus, "brave new world" has connotations you're not considering. "It's a brave new world out there," is the kind of thing you're supposed to say after the bomb drops and civilization is reduced to rubble, only now everyone is a peace-loving mutant. Or something like that. Incremental change is not supposed to bring about a situation where you can be that hyperdramatic.

Also, "brave?" Really? Because it sounds kind of stupid to me.

That is all.

Sincerely,

An Occupant of the Cowardly Old World.