The control methods in Aldous Huxley's *Brave New World* are compared to modern efforts to shape human desire and eliminate suffering through overabundant pleasure. The "GATE" (Gifted and Talented Education) program in schools is alleged to have been a screening tool for the CIA's "Gateway Process," looking for children with intuitive abilities like remote viewing. These programs are viewed as attempts to identify and neutralize "outliers" who could threaten the established control grid.





