A utopian society is one in which is modeled on or aims for a state in which everything is perfect or ideal. In a Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley looks to satirize the ideals of a perfect society and provide a frightening view of what the future may hold. As a result of new technological advances in reproduction and conditioning give way, the impact on society overall is preposterous. The whole reproduction process had been modified so that viviparity is no longer necessary, as children are mass produced in factories. From there, conditioning processes determine the caste and lifestyle each individual will represent for the rest of their life. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World displays the dangers technology implements when utilized
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Hypnopaedia is learning through auditory senses while sleeping or hypnotized. This process is bestowed upon children right after birth until they are young children. Specifically, a phrase will be repeated one-hundred times a day, three days a week, for four years, totalling to 62,400 times. Subsequently, the phrase that was condition becomes embedded into the minds of each and every child and is almost second nature to them. Huxley coins the purpose of conditioning when he states, “All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny” (Huxley, Aldous). The word inescapable truly defines what each individual’s destiny really is. They have no say in what their own future holds as it was decided for them at birth. As adults the society will believe whatever they were conditioned for and never question it, proving how a technologically manipulative government can restrict a society. Additionally, this conditioning process is employed to create a hierarchy in society, known as castes. This pecking order is made up of five different societal levels, each with a specific skill set and duty. The highest ranking Alphas are granted intelligence and beauty, whereas the Epsilons are created to buy products and fulfill the consumerism needs of society. As a civilization the people believe their position in the caste system is ideal …show more content…
The methods employed in order to construct a superficial world are extensive, yet create many dilemmas and deviate greatly from the societal norms that we currently have. Genetic modification is expressed through the sole utilization of in vitro fertilization and Bokanovsky’s Process of proliferating eggs. The application of classical conditioning on developing eggs and hypnopaedia on young children to spawn the ideal humans for certain roles in society further limits individual rights and expresses technological dominance over the society. Lastly, the caste system and belief that everyone is made for one another provides no freedom within the New World and grants the government the ability to seize control over society by means of
Hypnopaedia is learning through auditory senses while sleeping or hypnotized. This process is bestowed upon children right after birth until they are young children. Specifically, a phrase will be repeated one-hundred times a day, three days a week, for four years, totalling to 62,400 times. Subsequently, the phrase that was condition becomes embedded into the minds of each and every child and is almost second nature to them. Huxley coins the purpose of conditioning when he states, “All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny” (Huxley, Aldous). The word inescapable truly defines what each individual’s destiny really is. They have no say in what their own future holds as it was decided for them at birth. As adults the society will believe whatever they were conditioned for and never question it, proving how a technologically manipulative government can restrict a society. Additionally, this conditioning process is employed to create a hierarchy in society, known as castes. This pecking order is made up of five different societal levels, each with a specific skill set and duty. The highest ranking Alphas are granted intelligence and beauty, whereas the Epsilons are created to buy products and fulfill the consumerism needs of society. As a civilization the people believe their position in the caste system is ideal …show more content…
The methods employed in order to construct a superficial world are extensive, yet create many dilemmas and deviate greatly from the societal norms that we currently have. Genetic modification is expressed through the sole utilization of in vitro fertilization and Bokanovsky’s Process of proliferating eggs. The application of classical conditioning on developing eggs and hypnopaedia on young children to spawn the ideal humans for certain roles in society further limits individual rights and expresses technological dominance over the society. Lastly, the caste system and belief that everyone is made for one another provides no freedom within the New World and grants the government the ability to seize control over society by means of