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Gimme soma that!
What is Soma? Well, they don’t want people to feel things in the future. Feelings are bad. If an Epsilon cleaning toilets feels inadequate about his or her life, then all hell will break loose. Nobody will clean the toilets, … Continue reading
Brave New World: eyeless monster getting electric shock for flowers
This is actually a 1970s book cover for Brave New World. Sums up my last post quite nicely.
Epsilons: One percent away from eyeless monsters.
So Epsilons are conditioned while still a fetus. They get only 70% oxygen so they don’t get big and smart. This keeps them controllable. Anything below 70% would make them eyeless monsters. Did you get that? ONE PERCENT away … Continue reading