Genesis 3, Techne, Laissez-Faire

While in the popular imagination, the main theme of Genesis 3 is Sexuality, according to some learned interpretations, the passage presents a Promethean myth.  As in the case of the latter, humans are therein portrayed as appropriating divine Techne, the punishment for which is "toil", to which the 'knowledge of good and evil' can be applied.  Thus, one lingering influence of the passage is the theologization of Leisure--as reflecting divine blessing.  Another is the condemnation of the involvement of Techne in social processes, e. g. "social engineering".  Thus, Laissez-Faire Capitalism is often expressed in terms of the fallibility of human Techne vs. the Justice of the Invisible Hand.