BRAVE NEW WORLD (II & III)

Chapter 2
"Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms" what a horrendous process. I've been acquainted with the famous Pavlov response wherein a reaction is conditioned after relentless repetitive exposure to produce said specific reactions ( like dogs slobbering at a certain time that's been chronically feeding time) but to subject infants to such processes!? This really Is a utopian dystopia if you ask me. The other scientific process presented in this chapter equally perturbed me.
"hypnopaedia: the greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.” No not a machination of moralization this process is described as sleep teaching conditioning caste specific characteristics by administering positive responses for specifically designated facets of a caste while instrumenting negative, electric shocks to infants to engender natal hatred later carried thru adulthood. The brash lack of empathy is disturbing to me as a freethinking member of the 21 st century. i mean, installing hatred towards nature in the gamma classes but positively reinforcing a love for consumerism just illustrates the sheer rational, no emotions, governed society of 632 AF.

Chapter 3
"Centrifugal Bumble-puppy” what kind of children's game is that? From an early age the process of neo-Pavlovian conditioning is in effect as children, instead of playing simple games involving say a stick and rubber ball, play games with complicated machinery both installing a love for industrialism as well as future occupation with machinery for lower classes. The shift from conversation to conversation provides a plethora of expository world building detail that suggests the advent of this brave new world whilst depicts some stylish/ well executed structure shifts on the part of Huxley. "The Nine Years’ War" is alluded to as a vehement struggle between those opposed against the machinist moralism of the world state and those in favor of it. Ultimately after nine years of slaughter, book burning, propaganda the old world relinquished to the new. It's deftinley a scary prospect as we have the scientific capabilities for such world scale conflict but I take solace that Huxleys novel is a cautionary allegorical tale rather than something likely or inevitable. Is it probable however? Quite, but what isn't? Will we eventually be subjected or subject ourselves to a mind numbing chemical agent like "soma" in the pursuit if utopian societal stability? Soma already exists, granted a bit different. Birth caps/ restrictions have already been instrumented in regions like china so that stability of society population as well as efficiency of resources can be maintained. Indeed many of the principles of the world state are integral to our government to varying degrees. Will we ever go so far as to cut the crosses for fords T? I'm an optimist but so to a rationalist at heart. I prefer to embrace the future rather than fear it , to be brave in the face of new challenges, ideas, a new world. If change is needed to fight others with world state-esque pressures I will fight for what I believe in. How bout you?