This is the picture I chose for #4: An Earth in a bottle. I think that this picture, while not directly related to genetic engineering, shows the balance in a cosmic sense, at least in my opinion. Earth is trapped in an endless state of continuous production, but because limited new ideas are being produced, and everyone that could actually matter holds an insatiable belief in social stability via subversive teachings and ruling caste, and everyone below that is either corrupted so that even if they were aware of something wrong, they could not actually process it.
To be in a bottle is to be trapped, and I think this fits correctly. Trapped in a cycle of mindless schedules and soma holidays, the people don't realized that they are trapped because, with soma, any bad thoughts go away from memory, and they can escape. They say that compulsive alcohol consumption is societies single biggest problem, so what about compulsive soma consumption in the book. It too must be the biggest problem, but the scary part? Nobody realizes it. There are not "licences", no laws against taking soma and driving a motor vehicle, no limits. Sometimes people die, in peace, because of overdoses. Who cares? Nobody. Take the body, burn, take in new patient, repeat. An endless cycle of monotone.
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