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The order of things, and the source we live within.
Chinese
道 (dào) / 自然 (zìrán)
Greek
φύσις (physis)
The Dao is the nameless source and pattern; wisdom is according with it (ziran, 'so of itself').
Physis is nature as a thing’s inner principle of growth and motion.
Where do these traditions agree, and where do they genuinely part? Open the editor to write the comparison in your own words.
Is artificial intelligence a continuation of nature or a break from it? The question is older than the technology.
Defined plainly: The Singularity