You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just ten-thousand-mile checkups and dust him off occasionally.
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'
Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.
Sense is never common.
Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.