Brave New World

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the main card index and stored. It is here that they are "sexed". Thirty percent of the female embryos are allowed to progress normally (to maintain the supply of initial ova). The rest of the female embryos are given a large dose of male hormone that renders them physically female in all ways, but sterile.
It is also here that their caste designation determines how much oxygen they will receive in their bottle. "The lower the caste, the shorter the oxygen." The lower caste Epsilons are oxygen deprived because they don’t need smarts for the work that they do.
The "Bokanovskified", pre-sexed, caste designated embryos are then taken out of storage when needed and "decanted" where as children, they are subjected immediately to sleep learning tapes on the "conditioning wards". Hour after hour as they sleep, the children receive sleep reinforcement of their social caste designation. As they mature, they naturally assume the responsibilities and the rules of their castes. Very few ...

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