Abstraction allows for a kind of freedom that representation sometimes doesn't.
We no longer control information; it controls us.
"I write to escape the mirror, but I always end up finding it."
萤火虫对群星说:「学者说你的光有一天会熄灭。」群星不回答它。
Mathematics is not just a collection of abstract concepts, but a language that allows us to understand the universe.