The thing with &quot;Brave New World&quot; is that it&#x27;s <i>not</i> a sad future.  Everyone is happy.  Everyone is conditioned to be happy with their situation.  Alphas are happy to be alphas and enjoy a lot of privileges, Betas are happy to be betas and not have to deal with as many responsibilities as Alphas, etc.  And this is the scariest part to me in the book.