"'Bokanovsky's process is one of the major instruments of social stability!'" (7)
Clearly at the beginning of the novel, Huxley needs the reader to understand the inner workings of the Boskanovsky process along with hyponpeadia as a base to understand the rest of the book. So, when ever the issue of control would come up in the future, the reader will know why these people are so blissfully "happy". This introduces the society's dependence on social stability, and how it is of the utmost importance to the leaders. Depending on strong social stability also explains the cultural elements in London. For instance, Soma controls the unexpected, Electric Golf controls amusement, and Feelies control the little emotion that remains in the people of society. So, the conditioning process is important in producing "happy", efficient human beings. However, this process does not stop when a boskanovsky group "grows up", because the leaders can not just lose that control. So, while they do not undergo hypnopeadia any longer, society still controls them by the activities they partake in.
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