It is kind of religion - sort of classical American Yankee machine-worship. Even the Puritans&#x2F;Pilgrims thought that organization - essentially a technology - could save them from the swamp gases of British life.<p>And I can&#x27;t say it didn&#x27;t work, but I&#x27;m probably a fanatic at this religion anyway.<p>I think Mark Twain more or less says this outright in &quot;Connecticut Yankee.&quot; Speaking of Twain, he grievously injured himself financially chasing the dream of a typesetting machine far ahead of its time.<p>If it&#x27;s religion, it&#x27;s religion that (mostly) works. &lt;insert Panglossian diatribe here&gt;