This allowed us to shape the planet to our liking.

这让我们能随心所欲地改造这颗星球。

We not only seek to alter nature to our own liking but also to control things we have essentially no control over, like fate and external circumstances.

我们不仅试图按照自己的喜好改变自然，还试图控制我们根本无法控制的事情，比如命运和外部环境。