Most problems don't have a solution, the conservatives maintained; rather than attempting Promethean feats, man would do best to find a balanced place in the world.

保守主义者坚持认为，多数问题都没有解决之道；人类在这个世界上要尽最大的努力去寻找一个平衡点，而不是尝试普罗米修斯般的壮举。

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Daniel Yergin, in his latest and arguably most promethean work, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, infuses a rich ingathering of information and analysis with the narrative power of a McMurtry, the human interest of an O.

FORBES: Daniel Yergin's The Quest: Human Ingenuity, Passion, the Fall of Caliphatism and the Rise of Prosperity