Brave new world

Section 1: The Scientific Vocab (10 Cards)

1. Front: Bokanovsky’s Process
   Back: Shocking an egg so it buds into 8 to 96 identical embryos; creates a stable workforce.
2. Front: Hypnopaedia
   Back: Sleep-teaching used for moral education; instills slogans and social prejudices from birth.
3. Front: Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning
   Back: Using electric shocks/noises to train infants to hate books and nature; ensures focus on consumption.
4. Front: Ectogenesis
   Back: Growing a fetus in a bottle outside the human body; replaces natural birth.
5. Front: Decanting
   Back: The World State term for "birth"; the moment a person is poured out of their bottle.
6. Front: Soma
   Back: A government-provided drug that suppresses negative emotions; "Christianity without tears."
7. Front: Malthusian Belt
   Back: A belt for carrying contraceptives; symbolizes total State control over reproduction.
8. Front: Podsnap’s Technique
   Back: Accelerating egg ripening to produce thousands of individuals at once; maximizes efficiency.
9. Front: Blood-Surrogate
   Back: The artificial liquid that feeds embryos in the bottle; sometimes used to "defect" lower castes.
10. Front: The Feelies
    Back: Sensory-overload movies (sight, sound, smell, touch) that prevent deep thinking.

Section 2: Key Quotes & Meaning (10 Cards)

11. Front: "History is bunk."
    Back: Mustapha Mond; means the past is useless and should be forgotten to maintain stability.
12. Front: "Ending is better than mending."
    Back: Slogan; it is better to buy new things than fix old ones to keep the economy running.
13. Front: "I claim the right to be unhappy."
    Back: John the Savage; argues that pain and grief are necessary for a real human existence.
14. Front: "Everyone belongs to everyone else."
    Back: Slogan; prevents exclusive emotional bonds like marriage or family that cause instability.
15. Front: "A gramme is better than a damn."
    Back: Lenina/Slogan; take soma immediately rather than feeling any social conflict or anger.
16. Front: "When the individual feels, the community reels."
    Back: Slogan; strong individual emotions are a threat to social order and the World State.
17. Front: "God isn't compatible with machinery."
    Back: Mustapha Mond; a comfortable, high-tech society has no need for religious compensation.
18. Front: "I’d rather be myself. Myself and nasty."
    Back: Bernard Marx; expresses a desire for individuality even if it leads to unhappiness.
19. Front: "O brave new world that has such people in it."
    Back: John the Savage (Shakespeare); used first in wonder, then in disgust at the soulless society.
20. Front: "Christianity without tears."
    Back: Mustapha Mond; describes soma as providing the comfort of religion without the sacrifice.

Section 3: Castes, Colors & Symbols (7 Cards)

21. Front: Alpha Caste
    Back: Grey; the intellectual elite, leaders, and scientists.
22. Front: Beta Caste
    Back: Mulberry; highly skilled technicians and administrators.
23. Front: Gamma Caste
    Back: Leaf Green; semi-skilled workers; mass-produced via Bokanovsky.
24. Front: Delta Caste
    Back: Khaki; mass-produced laborers; conditioned to hate books and nature.
25. Front: Epsilon Caste
    Back: Black; manual laborers with limited intelligence; stunted by oxygen deprivation.
26. Front: The "T" Symbol
    Back: Replaces the Cross; represents Henry Ford, the assembly line, and mass production.
27. Front: The Lighthouse
    Back: John’s retreat; symbolizes his failed attempt to live a "natural" life of penance.