This rings true because as someone without a religious background, I definitely feel the opposite: that progress is inevitable and the people who are "in charge" while it progresses are a commodity. I also find the "deification" of leaders (like say Steve Jobs) to be damaging to culture, leading to arrogance, political fighting and empire building.
Trying to have a good life and be good to those around you, while riding on the one-way track of technological progress seems like a better strategy.
Trying to have a good life and be good to those around you, while riding on the one-way track of technological progress seems like a better strategy.