О дивный новый мир

           "Iwaswondering,"saidtheSavage,"whyyouhadthematall–seeingthatyoucangetwhateveryouwantoutofthosebottles.Whydon’tyoumakeeverybodyanAlphaDoublePluswhileyou’reaboutit?"

           MustaphaMondlaughed."Becausewehavenowishtohaveourthroatscut,"heanswered."Webelieveinhappinessandstability.AsocietyofAlphascouldn’tfailtobeunstableandmiserable.ImagineafactorystaffedbyAlphas–thatistosaybyseparateandunrelatedindividualsofgoodheredityandconditionedsoastobecapable(withinlimits)ofmakingafreechoiceandassumingresponsibilities.Imagineit!"herepeated.

           TheSavagetriedtoimagineit,notverysuccessfully.

           "It’sanabsurdity.AnAlpha-decanted,Alpha-conditionedmanwouldgomadifhehadtodoEpsilonSemi-Moronwork–gomad,orstartsmashingthingsup.Alphascanbecompletelysocialized–butonlyonconditionthatyoumakethemdoAlphawork.OnlyanEpsiloncanbeexpectedtomakeEpsilonsacrifices,forthegoodreasonthatforhimtheyaren’tsacrifices;they’rethelineofleastresistance.Hisconditioninghaslaiddownrailsalongwhichhe’sgottorun.Hecan’thelphimself;he’sforedoomed.Evenafterdecanting,he’sstillinsideabottle–aninvisiblebottleofinfantileandembryonicfixations.Eachoneofus,ofcourse,"theControllermeditativelycontinued,"goesthroughlifeinsideabottle.ButifwehappentobeAlphas,ourbottlesare,relativelyspeaking,enormous.Weshouldsufferacutelyifwewereconfinedinanarrowerspace.