But there also seems to be in our culture a curious cautiousnessYoull get these abundant gratifications only if you dont feel too much, dont let on you want too much. The result is that, instead of conquering the world like Horatio Alger, we should wait passively until the genie of technologywhich we dont push or influence, only awaitbrings us our appointed gratifications. All of this is a part of the rewards which go with belief in the vast myth of the machine in the twentieth century.