It was in this time, when the world made the first steps towards huge scientific and technological advances. ... One of the scientific advances Huxley warns his readers of is that of biology. ... According to Huxley, society can also be threatened by advances in technology. ... This demonstrates that technology has the ability to change the world. ... Science and technology should serve mankind and not the other way round. ...

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The context of Blade Runner was as such that during the 1980s, the technological and scientific developments became more immediate in everyday life. ... Blade Runner and Brave New World are both of the dystopic scientific fiction genre. ... Huxley uses scientific fiction to take us into an imaginary world to shows how the world could be impacted by science and technology. ... Huxley uses scientific and technological jargon to portray this futuristic world. ... These term emphasize how much the human life has been influenced by technology. ...

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The description of how the embryos are scientifically manipulated to give out a certain number of babies or a certain breed or type of human gives a sense of how grotesque genetic manipulation can become. ... In that context, if mankind develops the ability to have that type of reproductive and genetic technology, there is a thin moral line preventing what happens to occur in our society. ... It is impossible to hold moral order within a society, when technology is pressing and pushing away from morality, which is seen as conventional knowledge, to a more rational, and one can see as less hum...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. ... Soma is a third example of the kind of medical, biological, and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. It is important to recognize the distinction between science and technology. Whereas the State talks about progress and science, what it really means is the bettering of technology, not increased scientific exploration and experimentation. ... The State's focus on happiness and stability means that it uses t...

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In 1994, NIH scientific advisers said no such studies should be funded, except in the context of testing men for infertility--and even then, only if the fertilized egg were not allowed to develop. ... Technology is also evident in hypnopedia. ... Thus, technology overcomes the ability of one to think. ... Again, technology has overpowered the use of one's mind. ... Children, who were conditioned to use technology, grew up. ...

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Disasters of Cloning It's amazing how advanced our science and technology has developed over the years. ... Well, it all started in 1997 when a miracle arose in the scientific world of biotechnology. ... However, in 1998, as science and technology increased, so did the desire to move forward in the cloning miracles. ... What makes people think that once this technology legally goes into effect the desire for more exploring won't explode? ... People argue that the cloning science and technology allows couples to produce normal and healthy offspring. ...

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Brave New World also dramatizes the conflict between scientific Theory and religion. ... Instead, I believe that if we keep going in the direction in which we are headed with technology and genetics, a society similar to the World State is inevitable. As technology and genetic engineering become more advanced, we are faced with the risk of one day becoming like Brave New World, where those factors control society. ...

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Brave New World deals with the power of science and technology as a, means of killing of individuality and replacing it with narrow compartments of fact or simulated sensation. ... Huxley satire in his novel is two directional; first on scientific technology and second on an over-regulated and materialistic society. ... Certainly within the novel, man has become a commodities and he has no longer become as a result of sexual relations but rather scientifically controlled test tube breeding. ... Through using the dystopic tale style of the narrative, the novel that is supposedly depicting a per...

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Brave New World "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness", was an attitude imposed upon the people of Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World. A society free of disease and suffering was achieved through a technique of conditioning called hynopaedia. "Civilization is sterilization" (Huxley 46), was a hynopaedic...

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The advancement in technology has enabled this Utopian Society to create human life. Although everything about the society is based on technology, it remains supervised by humans. No matter how advanced this technology may be, if humans are directing it, mistakes will be made. ... It's a society in which the human being only serves a sociological and scientifical purpose; the individual thought is overruled by one big autocratic state. ... It is essential to the theme that it be placed in the future because of the advancement in technology and science. ...

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Terms such as parents and birth are no longer used; instead, the scientific technique of the Bokanovsky Process creates offspring. ... The party members also use technology in order to control the thoughts of the people. ...

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Summary The novel is set in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford). The world is ruled by World Controllers who ensure the stability of society. To do so, a caste system has been created, reaching from intelligent Alpha-Pluses to dwarfed and stupid Epsilons. A drug called soma ensures that no one ever feels pain or remains unhappy, and it is used by members of every caste. ...

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His intentions are to warn us against scientific utopianism. ... Although this world is portrayed as a painless, warless and socially maintainable, Huxley subverts the central issues of his time, from the benefits of technological advancement to the over exploitation of technology. ...

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• Grade Level: High School