Editing Brave New World (section)

===Sources of names and references===
The limited number of names that the World State assigned to its bottle-grown citizens can be traced to political and cultural figures who contributed to the bureaucratic, economic, and technological systems of Huxley's age, and presumably those systems in ''Brave New World''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jerome |last=Meckier |editor1-last=Firchow |editor1-first=Peter Edgerly |editor2-last=Nugel |editor2-first=Bernfried |chapter=Onomastic Satire: Names and Naming in ''Brave New World'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D159Z5kJa_YC&pg=PR5 |title=Aldous Huxley: modern satirical novelist of ideas |publisher=Lit Verlag |year=2006 |pages=187ff |isbn=3-8258-9668-4 |oclc=71165436 |access-date=28 January 2009}}</ref>
* Soma: Huxley took the name for the drug used by the state to control the population after the Vedic ritual drink [[Soma (drink)|Soma]], inspired by his interest in Indian [[mysticism]].
* Malthusian belt: A contraceptive device worn by women. When Huxley was writing ''Brave New World'', organizations such as the [[Malthusian League]] had spread throughout Europe, advocating contraception. Although the controversial economic theory of [[Malthusianism]] was derived from [[An Essay on the Principle of Population|an essay]] by [[Thomas Robert Malthus|Thomas Malthus]] about the economic effects of population growth, Malthus himself was an advocate of abstinence rather than contraception.
*[[Bokanovsky's Process]]: A scientific process used in the World State to mass-produce human beings. Specifically, the "Bokanovsky Process" is a method of producing multiple embryos from a single fertilized egg, creating up to 96 identical individuals. This technique is central to the society's efforts to maintain social stability and control, as it allows for the creation of a standardized, docile workforce. It's part of the larger theme in the novel of dehumanization and the reduction of individuality in the pursuit of a controlled, stable society. It is thought that the process's name is a reference to [[Maurice Bokanowski]], a French Bureaucrat who believed strongly in the idea of governmental and social efficiency. Complementing this, Podsnap's Technique accelerates the maturation of human eggs, enabling the rapid production of thousands of nearly identical individuals. Together, these methods facilitate the creation of a large, standardized population, eliminating natural reproduction and traditional family structures, thereby reinforcing the World State's control over its citizens.