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You’ve already arrived before you take a step
A monk asked Master Qianfeng, “‘The Blessed Ones of the ten directions have one road of nirvana.’ Where is the road?” Qianfeng raised his staff, drew a line, and said, “Here.”
Subsequently the monk asked Master Yunmen for further instruction. Yunmen held up a fan and said, “This fan leaps up to the thirty-third heaven and bumps into the nose of the chief of the celestial rulers; the carp of the eastern sea are given a blow, and it rains buckets.”
You’ve already arrived before you take a step:
It’s already explained before a word is said.
Even if you keep on top of the situation with every move,
Still you should know there’s an opening higher beyond.
— Wumen, No Barrier -
Post AGI ideal society
everyone laughs that europe has no AI, no tech, 6 week holidays, and trains that arrive in theory.
they’re not behind. they skipped the future.
the final form of society, post-AGI, is this old italian in naples chilling all day. read his chest.
as usual, america is 30y behind