"The principle of sleep-teaching, or hypnopaedia, had been discovered." The D.H.C. made an impressive pause. The principle had been discovered; but many, many years were to elapse before that prinicple was usefully applied" (Huxley 25).
Anchor Statement: Scientific and technological advancements benefit society.
In Chapter 2, the Director discusses with his students the different castes and the techniques used to put each caste in their place. For example, Deltas are electrically shocked to hate books and flowers. They are placed in front of books and flowers so they can visually see them while they are being shocked. This correlation will make them hate books and flowers in the future because when they see them they will be reminded of the shocks they were given. The Director then discusses hypnopaedia (sleep-teaching), where children are taught things while they are asleep. This is also another way of giving each caste a sense of their role/importance in society. Therefore, I qualify the statement that scientific and technological advancements benefit society because although in the Brave New World, these psychological techniques are "beneficial" in their society, they forcibly place people into castes which is something we find an abomination in our modern day society.
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