Seminar Response

Every baby in the book is predestined according to the caste system that they have developed. The five castes of their system are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Each caste is developed how society needs them and conditions them so that they are perfect for the job they are predestined to do. The advantage to this is that the workers are more efficient and when they use the Bokanovsky Process, it makes teaching the workers a lot easier and uses less resources. They are also conditioned to like their caste and not want to be higher up. Another benefit to this is that society is very stable with the desired number of people in each caste. A downside to this process is that if something major changes, castes will not be able to fill the position of other castes. If there was a situation where someone from one cast needed to do something that another caste did, then there would be a disaster. Also, there is a lot more work that is done if a society is using the caste system due to separating the different caste’s. Like in the obstacle course, there was another level just for the lower castes. Each caste has different housing and jobs which can be a waste of resources if you have two groups performing the same task in different area. Another disadvantage is that there has to be some overlap between the casts. The book doesn’t really mention this but I’m sure there is conflict there when the different castes interact. The only time we see this is when they are ordered to do things by a higher caste.