Forgetting that efficiency is not the same as goodness. That intelligence is not the same as wisdom. That the measure of power is not what it can do, but what it chooses not to do. What a shocking word! The progress with empathy, history and cultural heritage, with love and memories will be efficient and healing.
Thank you Vivian for this — truly. You've touched the very heartbeat of what I was trying to say. That line you quoted is the one I kept coming back to while writing, the one that felt most urgent. And your addition moves it further than I did: progress with empathy, with love and memories. Yes. That's the path I believe in too — not progress that leaves the grandmother behind, but progress that carries her forward.
"Shocking" is exactly the right word. We should be shocked — not by what the machines can do, but by how easily we might let go of what no machine can hold. The fact that you felt that shock tells me you haven't let go. And that gives me real hope.
Thank you for reading so carefully, and for writing back with such heart.
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Thank you Sir.
Forgetting that efficiency is not the same as goodness. That intelligence is not the same as wisdom. That the measure of power is not what it can do, but what it chooses not to do. What a shocking word! The progress with empathy, history and cultural heritage, with love and memories will be efficient and healing.
Thank you Vivian for this — truly. You've touched the very heartbeat of what I was trying to say. That line you quoted is the one I kept coming back to while writing, the one that felt most urgent. And your addition moves it further than I did: progress with empathy, with love and memories. Yes. That's the path I believe in too — not progress that leaves the grandmother behind, but progress that carries her forward.
"Shocking" is exactly the right word. We should be shocked — not by what the machines can do, but by how easily we might let go of what no machine can hold. The fact that you felt that shock tells me you haven't let go. And that gives me real hope.
Thank you for reading so carefully, and for writing back with such heart.