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Query: a humanist bemoans the death of humanism

Sabato is a romantic and idealist living in an era when the triumph of capital and technology has rendered humans into little more than slaves of the machines they have created. He correctly points out the huge disparities of wealth in the world, caused by the single minded pursuit of money and markets to the detriment of social harmony and balance. The book is not a chronological account and jumps from subject to subject which can sometimes be frustrating to follow. But its brief account is not tedious and it brims with hope for humanity. His well-reasoned pleas will in the end fall on the deaf ears of the automatons who daily toil in their jobs, never questioning their predicament, or imagining that there is a more meaningful life, silently marching towards oblivion.