As we automate the world, we relate to it through magical means
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-12
deepfates offers a philosophical observation: as more of the world gets automated into darkness, we relate to it through increasingly magical means — inputs influence outputs, details become irrelevant or costly to know. We climb the ladder of abstraction until we understand the world only through characters, tropes, stories, and names.
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