Jul 31
Long ago Chesterton truly remarked that, as soon as he heard that anything 'had come to stay', he knew it would be very soon replaced - indeed regarded as pitiably obsolete and shabby.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories.
something I hang onto when they keep telling me, ad nauseum, that genAI is 'inevitable'.
#tolkien#on fairy stories#he was making a point about electric lamps and how it could be left out of fantasy stories#which may have been the remark C.S. Lewis went 'hold my beer' to#but I dunno#this line struck me that day when I went through the essay again#...outlast the fsckers#we wait upon eternity#don't feed the ai