In chapters 1-3, we are introduced to a world of terrifyingly advanced technology. In a world where mass brainwashing occurs, and the genetic evolution that has shaped us to be who we are today are now artificially edited by man...things are definitely weird right off the bat. Huxley begins the story in a hatchery and elaborates on how all the offspring produced in that hatchery have predetermined roles in society, and are genetically engineered to have certain traits deemed better to suit society's needs. Right then and there this is crazy. People no longer have a choice of free will towards what their purpose in life is going to be...they have to take what is given to them, and have no choice but to be happy about it. Huxley exemplifies this in this quote from chapter 1, "And that ... is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny."(Huxley 2) In that quote, Huxley supports what was stated earlier. From a technological standpoint, it is a monolithic accomplishment to be able to genetically engineer genes to create a living person in your exact image. In an article by John Harris called "Genetic Engineering in humans", Harris elaborates on the subject, "We are fast approaching arguably the most consequential technological threshold in all of human history: the ability to alter the genes we pass to our children. Crossing this threshold would irrevocably change the nature of human life and human society". (Harris 1). In that quote, Harris sheds light on the negativity of the whole subject of genetic engineering. While it can be used for good, such as eradicating diseases and disabilities from our genes...the negative impacts can be monumental, such as they are in Brave New World. The world is in the palm of the few who control the genetic engineering.