Socrates: You say you control nature now?
Bertha: Yes. Much more than in the past, anyway.
Socrates: Tell me, what would you say of this case. Imagine a chariot drawn by four headstrong horses. I suppose you could just as well use one of those car things of yours as an example. Now imagine a small child at the reins. At the child's slightest touch the horses obey. The child controls the horses, and the horses control the chariot. But what controls the child? Suppose the child is as blind and as headstrong as the horses. Suppose he does not control himself, does not control his own control.
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