BNW Chapter 1

1. What is the World State's Motto?
"Community, Identity, Stability."

2. Please describe Bokanovsky's Process. Why does The Director call it the "major instrument of social stability?"
An egg which has undergone the Bokanovsky Process, will "bud, proliferate, divide." The eggs are x-rayed for 8 minutes, and if they survive, they divide, multiplying by two, with each bud. The Director calls it "the major instrument of social stability" because they are able to produce ninety-six people, where only one was before, and everyone is so standard and average, that no one is ostracized or hurt for being different, and so there would be no hate crimes, because everyone is pretty much the same.

3. Why did the Director wish to keep the Epsilon "embryo below par?"
The Director wished to keep the Epsilon "embryo below par" because an Epsilon embryo "must have an Epsilon environment as well as an Epsilon heredity." This means that they decided that they cannot have simply one or two Epsilons, but just as many as Alphas, Betas, Gammas, etc., again, so that there is a place for everyone, and no one is isolated.

4. What does Mr. Foster mean when he says: "We condition them to thrive in heat...that is the secret of happiness of virtue - liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny."? How does this connect to what is happening in Rack 10?
The Director means that the fate of embryos they are creating and conditioning prepares them for what they will have to face in their lives. They make them happy to do what they need to do. They hate being cold, so they are happy when thy are warm, and are so happy to do their jobs. Each embryo they create is classified differently and will have a different social destiny, but they can be prepared, before their lives begin, to love whatever job they may have been created or classified to do.
This is connected to what is happening in Rack 10 because the embryos in Rack 10 are being conditioned to be able to handle toxins like lead, and chlorine, so that they can be chemical workers, as well as being separately conditioned to have a different sense of balance because they are "only truly happy when they're standing on their heads," so that they can handle rocket repairs in mid-air.