The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a narrative of the "new
world order" of the future human society. The future, according to the
novel, is a "perfect" human society wherein live birth, pregnancy, and
human display of emotions are considered taboo, while perfectionism and
rationalism devoid of any emotions is the social ideal of an individual.
Brave New World contemplates the condition of human society if the
conventional becomes unconventional, and vice versa. Take as an example
the process of pro-creation among humans. Live birth is no longer the
norm, and artificial birth is the preferred method in the society. In the
process of artificial conception and birth, people are identified into
various groups, wherein groupings are determined according to the
individual's intelligence, skills, and talents. People generated from live
and artificial births are also categorized: those who were born through
artificial means are considered part of the society, while those who were
born through live birth are discriminated against.
The process of artificial births to produce "quality" humans that
have superior skills, talents, and intelligence can be likened to the
current method of assembly lines commonly applied by manufacturing
companies. The assembly line concept is similar to Huxley's idea of
segregation of humans through artificial conception and birth, since both
processes (assembly line and artificial births) aim to produce "quality
products" by assigning people to control and look over the process every
step of the way. However, to compare the processes of conception and birth
in Huxley's novel to the concept of assembly line is too simplistic and not
applicable at all, since humans are not products that are made' in order
to achieve perfection. Humans are created mainly for the purpose of pro-
creationâ€"that is, perpetuate human society...