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Comment by diogenes4 | Hacker News Reader

I don't get the connection to daoism. This just seems like a set of super context-sensitive worldviews set in a certain style.

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The rest of the text might be parody of Taoist texts, but the opening is a Kung Fu (1972) reference:

   When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhenYouSnatchThe...

I don't think the Tao Te Ching or Zhuangzi has the pebble quote.

It's written in a set of Tao Te Ching-style aphorisms for humorous effect. That's the connection I guess!

It would come off as a lot more meaningful if it didn't try to pass itself off as a religious text the author clearly didn't value.

What makes you think the author did not value the text?

This is passing itself off as a religious text as much as The Book of Eli passes itself off as a gospel. That is, not at all.

There was a period in hacker history when hackers thought they were reviving some kind of ancient zen and dao traditions, but in a very light and not really very appreciative way

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