"Yes, and civilized clothes. Because I thought I should never see a piece of real acetate silk again." (Huxley 119).
Linda does not live in the most favorable of conditions. She is depressed by the fact that she used to have all the technological wonders of the world state at her disposal, but now has to live the simple life of the Native Americans. As soon as she sees Lenina, she becomes hysterical. Just the sight of the clothing of her old home brings her to tears. If technology has that sort of power, there can be no doubt of the benefit it confers to the people. To make such retrogressive demotions as to go from helicopters to no bathrooms is brutal. We advance technology to solve the immediate problems at hand. Innovation is almost required to consider yourself a higher order creature. If humans didn't innovate, we would still be hunting deer with our bare hands. Instead of wasting precious time doing that, I'm able to sit here typing about the benefits of technology.
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