BNW Foreword and CH. 1
- foreword added 1946 when BNW reprinted
- one regret is limiting Savage to only two kinds: that of the Utopia and the Indian village
- sanity o insanity?
- novel wan't designed to serve as some advancement in science but rather the science behind individuals themselves
- how do humans use their knowledge of the world around them to have control over each other through means of science
- people in the novel not human at all but subjects of experimentation and control
- time of opening 632 after ford
- ford represents the industrial age of growth and expansion
- tour of factory to students (London) in which people are manufactures and prepared for their roles in the real world
- no longer the act of natural reproduction is existent
- been replaced by man made techniques of reproduction
- formation of more subjects and preparing them for their roles in the World State is a fully developed and intricate process
- they become clones "community, identity, and stability"
- Podsnap Technique serves to catalyze the eggs creation process
- thousands of humans are made from a single ovary
- chapter focused on explaining the details behind the madness that is genetically engineered humans
- irrational methods such as oxygen deprivation and alcohol treatment are applied on the fetuses to shape them according to the caste they will inhabit
- human creations have no shot at escaping the plans their creators have for them
- Lenina works immunizing fetuses to suit their future tropic environment
- Henry speaks of future fetus enhancements
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