“The faith of Kroner’s had a lot to do with Paul’s getting to be manager of Ilium: and now that faith might get him the managership of Pittsburgh. When Paul thought about his effortless rise in the hierarchy, he sometimes, as now, felt sheepish, like a charlatan. He could handle his assignments all right, but he didn’t have what his father had: the sense of spiritual importance in what they were doing; the ability to be moved emotionally, almost like a lover, by the great and omnipresent and omniscient spook, the corporate personality. In short, Paul missed what made his father aggressive and great: the capacity to really give a damn.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., “Player Piano”, 1952
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