It has a lot of parallels to the novel Brave New World. Especially considering the title translates to "From The New World", if I had to guess I'd say that it was an inspiration to it. Also, I think that the song that plays in the speakers in the anime is from a part of the New World Symphony.Green Platinum wrote:
Shin Sekai Yori has some really interesting parallels to Psycho-Pass if you haven't seen that.
Reading something like Brave New World or watching this anime, it makes you think, humans shouldn't be treated like cattle in farms, right?