Conditioning fails to control emotions from "summary" of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
In the World State, conditioning is believed to be the ultimate solution to controlling emotions. Every individual is conditioned from a young age to fit into their predetermined societal roles and to suppress any feelings or thoughts that may disrupt the stability of society. However, despite the efforts put into this conditioning process, emotions still manage to surface and disrupt the facade of happiness and contentment that the World State strives to maintain. The citizens of the World State are conditioned to believe that they are content with their lives and that any deviation from this contentment is abnormal. They are taught to embrace promiscuity, consumerism, and mindless entertainment as a means of distraction from their true emotions. However, this conditioning only serves as a temporary...
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