“If only it weren’t for the people, the goddamned people,” said Finnerty, “always getting tangled up in the machinery. If it weren’t for them, earth would be an engineer’s paradise.”

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“If only it weren’t for the people, the goddamned people,” said Finnerty, “always getting tangled up in the machinery. If it weren’t for them, earth would be an engineer’s paradise.”" in the context of "Chapter 34" to mean that wisdom is timeless.