&quot;...whose mind is pure machinery!&quot;<p>Now might be a good time to link to Scott Alexander&#x27;s <i>Meditations on Moloch</i> ( <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;30&#x2F;meditations-on-moloch&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;30&#x2F;meditations-on-moloch&#x2F;</a>) , if anyone is in for some very accessible (but also very long, and thought-provoking) reading.  It does a good job of helping one think about the forces for and against, say, a train station remaining open for a single girl.