Even though there wasn't much happening, I think that this part of Brave New World was still interesting. The controller’s perspective on their society & ours made me think about how both of our societies (real & in the book) would find each other repugnant. I think that this shows how, if we are to have any idea of absolute truth, we have to find an objective, as opposed to relativistic, perspective to judge societies by, if we are going to judge them. I agree with Cory that, really, just because they accept themselves doesn't mean that they are right- by that definition, we should not even condemn human sacrifice or the Spanish Inquisition.

The one thing that makes me think that their society (objectively) might not be good is their homogeneity- even if they are happy, while happiness is important, maybe free will is necessary for that to mean much. However, this raises a good question- if the desires for happiness and free will are just evolutionary adaptations, than what is to say that it is wrong to genetically manipulate these desires in people, and if the new desires that they have are satisfied, how is that worse than if these desires were the product of evolution. I don't really know how to think of that, but I think that it certainly seems relevant, with modern cloning technology & genetic modification already used on plants & some animals.