Since each group has its intelligence modified and conditioned so as to make the people happy with the jobs they must do, every person becomes happy in his or her role. As Mustapha points out, a society of pure Alphas leads to chaos because everyone fights for the best jobs. This chapter defines two primary sacrifices of the old world in order to obtain happiness. They are art and science. Both are sacrificed in order to obtain the ultimate utilitarian goal, that of the maximum happiness.
Art is sacrificed by only creating art without meaning.
And whereas science is praised for allowing society to become Utopian, it is also restricted because it can just as easily destabilize the society. The differences between Helmholtz and Bernard are drawn even more starkly in this chapter. Helmholtz chooses the best chair, Bernard the worst. For Helmholtz this represents the superiority of the individual. He no longer feels himself subordinate to society or any individual.