Атлант расправил плечи
Their Brothers’ Keepers
"Anindustrialisttravelingtosavehisfactorywasnotconsideredaspubliclyneededandcouldnotgetaboardaplane;anofficialtravelingtocollecttaxeswasandcould.
"Peoplearestealingnutsandboltsoutofrailplates,MissTaggart,stealingthematnight,andourstockisrunningout,thedivisionstorehouseisbare,whatarewetodo,MissTaggart?"
Butasuper-color-four-foot-screentelevisionsetwasbeingerectedfortouristsinaPeople’sParkinWashington—andasuper-cyclotronforthestudyofcosmicrayswasbeingerectedattheStateScienceInstitute,tobecompletedintenyears.
"Thetroublewithourmodernworld,"Dr.RobertStadlersaidovertheradio,attheceremonieslaunchingtheconstructionofthecyclotron,"isthattoomanypeoplethinktoomuch.Itisthecauseofallourcurrentfearsanddoubts.Anenlightenedcitizenryshouldabandonthesuperstitiousworshipoflogicandtheoutmodedrelianceonreason.
Justaslaymenleavemedicinetodoctorsandelectronicstoengineers,sopeoplewhoarenotqualifiedtothinkshouldleaveallthinkingtotheexpertsandhavefaithintheexperts’higherauthority.Onlyexpertsareabletounderstandthediscoveriesofmodernscience,whichhaveprovedthatthoughtisanillusionandthatthemindisamyth.
