This trajectory under capitalism was sketched out by Kierkegaard and Nietzsche (and Marx and Freud and others), and explored at length by many subsequent thinkers, e.g. Debord, Baudrillard, Postman, and Derrida if you hold him right. That is, way ahead of the computer explosion at the turn of the millenium.
And about 30 years later his book "Brave New World revisited" where he stated that "Brave New World" appeared much faster then he expected.
One should also note that Aldous Huxley (like his brother) was a eugenicist, and people being distracted from performing their eugenic duties is a fear that echoes in his supposed dystopies. See e.g. https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1927/10/a-note-on-eug...:
"[D]eficients are not only preserved: they are also permitted to multiply their kind."
I may have to re-read his work "Ends and Means" sometime later, but I'm quite sure that calling him an "eugenicist" is too easy.
EDIT: fixed typo
What sources is it you remember?
readthenotes1•7mo ago
When the author was 2? Quite insightful!