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		_khau on Feb 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The NSA’s machine learning algorithm may be killin... > Are you looking forward to a future where humans "evolve" out of needing to eat? Personally, yes. Taking time out to eat so I don't die takes me away from other things I was enjoying doing. I enjoy the taste of many foods, but not as much as I was enjoying the thing I was likely doing before it.

redblacktree on Feb 17, 2016 [–]

I am grateful for the processes of cooking and cleaning and other daily maintenance in my life. I'm reminded of a zen proverb: "Before enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water."

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