Also, modern people live in an instant-noodle culture. They want results fast and easy. No matter how hard-headed people may be at work, when they suffer the blues they reach out for irrational answers. "Amulets have the veneer of authority conferred by tradition, and promise instant solutions."
此外，現代社會，人們講求速成，在理性的工作之外，反將心裡的陰暗鬱悶尋求非理性的安慰，「符咒就是一種具有古老權威性，立刻見效的速食麵。」