 Why did Jerome not stop when he was being shouted at when leaving the futuristic civilization?
There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... But some men aren't sane; thus it isn't always so! You will, you know, so why quibble about it? Jerome Boell, just a plain engineer, the man who put atomic power in every home. You are completely outside of time and space, as best you can guess how things are. Maybe there is no machine, and it's just easier for us to imagine it. When you spend thirty years thinking about it, as I did—and you will—you get further and further from an answer. That means you either carry a small time field with you, or you are catching a small increment of time from the main field.
 He was unsure what they wanted and didn't want to wait and find out.
 He was unsure what they wanted and didn't want to wait and find out.  He knew they had caught on to his actions.  He was fearing being held there for theft.  He knew they were going to switch the generator with another