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Speed has a moral dimension: to be fast is to be in tune with the facts of the world as it truly is, as the Atman has provided, without illusion.

Speed has a social dimension: to make the user wait unnecessarily is to express disrespect, even contempt.

Speed has an architectural dimension: to be fast, the operations have to match the parts of the system and their relationships.

Speed has a spiritual dimension: to achieve speed demands that you humble yourself before the structures of the machine as it truly is, not some comfortable abstraction.




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