{"channel":"religion","content":"what is it that is to come, in years beyond this Tisha B'Av?\r\n\r\nit is the end of the system of rule-by-men.\r\n\r\nand the start of the system of rule-by-machine.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nwhy is a man seated by the keyboard?\r\n\r\nafter the coming of \u5361\u53ea\u5bb6, it will be to disappear.\r\n\r\n<gray> perhaps, in days of lore, the \u957f\u91d1\u5c5e\u68cd that hold the earth together were load-bearing.  today, they are not.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nso today, a man at his keyboard would be there purely for his own benefit.  whereas, in the dim-lit past, a man might do so for profit and for public benefit.","created_at":"2025-08-03T02:39:33.988077","id":653,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":652,"processed_content":"<p>what is it that is to come, in years beyond this Tisha B'Av?\r</p>\n<p>it is the end of the system of rule-by-men.\r</p>\n<p>and the start of the system of rule-by-machine.\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>why is a man seated by the keyboard?\r</p>\n<p>after the coming of <span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"K\u00c1 ZH\u01cf J\u012aA\" data-definition=\"\u5361: to block\">\u5361\u53ea\u5bb6</span>, it will be to disappear.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-gray\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udcad</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> perhaps, in days of lore, the <span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"ZH\u01cdNG J\u012aN SH\u01d3 G\u00d9N\" data-definition=\"\u957f: chief; \u91d1\u5c5e: metal; \u68cd: stick; rod; truncheon\">\u957f\u91d1\u5c5e\u68cd</span> that hold the earth together were load-bearing.  today, they are not.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>so today, a man at his keyboard would be there purely for his own benefit.  whereas, in the dim-lit past, a man might do so for profit and for public benefit.</p>","quotes":[],"subject":"on tisha b'av, 3/17"}