Lotus flower blooms in the mud. (Buddhism Zen words)
Today we are said to be in a information society. Reflecting the mass production in the material world, we rarely encounter the profound books of mastery. Generative AI might be the letterpress of the new era; it never seems to be Gutenberg himself.
We may not be able to change other persons, but we can create a technology to push society forward. “Learning from the past”, an aphorism from the Analect, tells us how we can do that. Like we are breathtaken by a wonderful scenery of the Grand Canyon, we should learn from the wisdom of our predecessors with amazement. I believe that classic books will retain their weight in the modern age.
