Yup, we need to remember that it's a fiction book, not a recipe :), take a look at breve new world by Aldous Huxley to read about the other point of view.
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I recently discovered that Orwell was a student of Huxley in high school and they kept in touch. https://www.openculture.com/2015/03/huxley-to-orwell-my-hellish-vision-of-the-future-is-better-than-yours.html