How Is Technology Used In Brave New World

These individuals are representative of the pure enslavement technology has on their lives. They have absolutely no choice in who they will become. Rather than being an individual, they are only a contribution to the collective. Furthermore, the state is concerned with maintaining stability within the society. This is done through the conditioning, as previously mentioned and also by satisfying the needs of its individuals which is accomplished using advanced machinery. Happiness and satisfaction is very artificial; it is achieved through a drug referred to as “soma.” This drug provides individuals with an alternate view of life, a world in which they are happy but removed from truth and reality. Therefore, they are enslaved by this drug through the need to be in a constant state of …show more content…
Other machines help to maintain the stability of society by providing a pleasurable form of entertainment. One can watch a film while experiencing the emotions and feeling of the movie. The ability to experience one’s own, individual emotions is very limited in Brave New World due to controlling machinery and conditioning by machinery that has taken place. Science is used to make innovations in technology, it goes no further to explore the truth of the surrounding world. Technology is most important to the state, it provides the means to maintain the Utopian collectivist society. Without it, individuals would be forced to face reality and truth which would lead to instability. John the Savage is an example of an individual who was free from the enslavement