Guardians or machine-minders?

"If you believe that the world is a machine, then it is rather natural to try to control and rule it"

...but, if begining with the premise that the world is a miracle and a sanctuary.... not a machinery...it would naturally follow that we are not engine-men and women determined to manipulate this machinery, but guardians of a sanctuary.....

(Words inspired by the eco philosopher Henryk Skolimowski)