![]() ![]() After undergoing the operation, D-503 is content, functioning as a cog in the state machine. ![]() At the end of We scientists finally convert humans into living machines by developing a surgery that can remove the imagination. D-503 dreams of a day that humans can achieve the same total subjection. Machines, by definition, have no free will: they simply complete the actions they are programmed to perform. When he sees machines working, he admires their perfect subjection to a pre-planned motion. The only answer is to allow one's self to be controlled. D-503 holds that freedom and the uncertainty it brings lead to fear and frustration. 6Īs a loyal, indoctrinated citizen of OneState, D-503 believes that happiness comes from complete subjugation to a greater power. “Why is the dance beautiful? Answer: because it is nonfree movement, because all of the fundamental significance of the dance lies precisely in its aesthetic subjection, its ideal nonfreedom." D-503, pg. ![]()
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