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The lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson helps to  address the striking similarities between the modern education system and the society visualized in Brave New World. Robinson's lecture explains how the modern education system is faulty and that it was created for the Enlightenment era. In today's technological era, Robinson hypothesizes that so many children are being diagnosed with ADHD not because there is an "epidemic" but simply because children are bored. Kids nowadays grow up around technology and the accessibility to information and that the things being taught in school are dull in comparison. The lecture also explains how the modern education follows the "factory model" in that batches" of children are processed through the system. This is similar to the societal trends of Brave New World and how the children are raised in groups to be similar to one another. "… all wear green," said a soft but very distinct voice," (Chapter 2) shows how everything about these "batches" are meant to be the same including what they wear and how they act. Robinson also explains how the education system today is impersonal and how the deciding factor on how "batches" are formed is based solely on age and not intelligence or skill level. This level of impersonality is similar to that of the society in the book. "For you must remember that in those days of gross viviparous reproduction, children were always brought up by their parents and not in State Conditioning Centres," (Chapter 2) shows how the system in the book is impersonal to a flaw. He further lectures on this fact by explaining how today's society has formed a mandate on whether a person is intelligent based on their job. His example of a furniture mover being told by society that he is stupid and him believing it relates to Brave New World and their society's view of different people. This relation to the book is shown by how the Indians are different because they are not genetically engineered as the rest of the population and how they are treated as inferior. Sir Ken Robinson addresses many key problems with the modern education system, many of which are relatable to the society depicted in Brave New World.