The computer doesn't know we're running a test!

Jumping into article, I assumed that the author was going to describe how he enjoys, by drawing it out as far as he can,

  the process of surrendering to the machine god..

(Not the machina diabol, as it sadly turned out to be, though some BDSM zealots might disagree.. the things that bureaucracy does to us are mild in comparison? )

But.. we do monitor whether our prayers are effective .. right? Is that a smitable offense?

After that disappointment, I too was "curious": was the author going to talk about "curiosity", that magic virtue that we hackers believe, lifts design into the divine (but more often than not kills the pussy)