Brave New World Technology Analysis

The Negative Effects of Advanced Science & Technology in

Brave New World The desire for a ’perfect’ society has led to total conformity and the misuse of drugs; resulting in complete totalitarianism. The advancement of science and technology negatively effects the characters of Brave New World through through the use of drugs and conditioning, which forces conformity onto the citizens of the world state. Over-depending on science and technology resulted in negative consequences for the people of Brave New World. Relying on soma, a drug designed to clear the mind of thoughts and beliefs against the systems of the government, takes away natural human emotions that civilizations should experience. Instead of facing the realities of the world, the characters in the book take soma to forget about any emotional issues.” The world’s stable now. People are happy; they get what they want and never want what they can’t get. If anything goes wrong theres soma” (Huxley, 193). This quote stated by Mustapha Mond explains how citizens are trained to regularly medicate themselves with

Also, the government is not using conditioning to benefit the people but to improve the world state’s economic development. “Major instruments of social stability! Standard men and women in uniform batches” (Huxley, 5).This quote stated by the director of the factory producing genetically modified babies, shows that instead of using science and technology to aid the citizens in daily life, leaders of this government condition people in order to create conformity. This places people into job positions that will benefit the economy. The idea of a cast system is another element of this society that degrades the citizens. The casts range from Alphas to Epsilons, all decreasing in intelligence but increasing in physicality to complete more manual labour. Therefore, this advanced process of conditioning, shown in the book, does not benefit the characters of Brave New