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A frequent cadenza in that common re-frain, however, involves what might be called the Myth of the Clueless Other: the fervent conviction that it is only other people who are frightened or manipulated by whatever the new machine has brought forth. … any claim by any actor that "Ha ha, we fooled them all!" should be just as much a red flag for the historian as another's conviction that "Ha ha, no one can fool me!"