“The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment.” WorldLittlesMadeEnvironmentAchieveTragedyProtectionPunishmentGreat ThingsPleasantHostileNestsDefianceDefyingHostile Environment Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society