From the opening text you know that this story is doomed. Even if you know nothing about Werner Herzog and his world view, you know the people in this story are doomed because right up front you are told that the thing they are all in pursuit of was "invented". As a result every action seems futile. Horrible things are done for absolutely no reason.
When the battle is man vs. nature, nature always wins in the end. Even if man survives for the moment, the fact remains that nature was here long before us and will be here long after us. We are an anomaly that will eventually be corrected. Attempting to conquer and possess that which cannot ever be tamed is madness...but it's also human nature.
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