我们的技术进步太多，生活太忙碌，而我们的社会只有一个目标：发明更多的技术奇迹，让生活变得更加轻松和美好。对每一项新科学发现的渴望滋生了对更大舒适的渴望以及为实现它而不断奋斗的渴望。所有这些都会扼杀灵魂，扼杀同情心、理解力和高贵性。它没有时间去关心其他人发生了什么，尤其是罪犯。
(We have too much technological progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better. The craving for every new scientific discovery breeds a hunger for greater comfort and the constant struggle to achieve it. All that kills the soul, kills compassion, understanding, nobility. It leaves no time for caring what happens to other people, least of all criminals.)