"A love of nature keeps no factories busy." page 23
An aphorism is a short statement that observes some accepted truth in life. An aphorism can reveal much about a society. In this case, it reveals a great deal about this world, its general focus. The fact that a society would purposely quell a love for nature for the sake of productivity states much about that society. It's primary focus is on effectively running the state in way in which every aspect of society is predestined and serves a useful purpose. Society, in the novel, to expound on this point, implements hypnopadia (sleep teaching) to ingrain in the minds of the betas that being a beta is spectacular and that betas are very fortunate. This is done to produce content citizens, which means they will be content workers. Content workers work harder, and therefore add to the overall productivity of society. This is a prime example of how this society is bent on squeezing every bit of usefulness out of anything.
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