another vote for almost false
We, as a species, do not ordinarily do the kinds of things that could make us "Master of our own destiny". Dealing with other people compromises this romanticized, semi-Randian view. Imagine if Howard Roark (sorry Randites if I misspelled that) had thought more of the needs of the people those housing units were built for than for his own "vision" of how an apartment tower should reflect his almost sociopathic personality.
I, as a man, had a view of my destiny and how I would master it. Then I fell in love with a wonderful woman so things changed. Then we were given two wonderful kids. More change. Then and then and then...
So no, I can't buy into that line, as attractive as it may seem in the Terminator movies. A hermit in a cave in some high, inaccessible peak might be "master, etc., etc." but then how would he keep up with Game of Thrones?
Anyway, it isn't the destination. It is the journey...