... that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. It is important to recognize the distinction between science and technology. Whereas the State talks about progress and science, what it really means is the bettering of technology, not increased scientific exploration and experimentation. The state uses science as a means to build technology that can create a seamless, happy, superficial world through things such as the "feelies." ... uses the results of scientific research, inasmuch as they contribute to technologies of control, but does not support science itself. The Consumer Society. It ...

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