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Among other things, the ant solution to the grain sorting problem given to Psyche by Aphrodite can be modeled as a replacement of an Inert with an Active. The same applies to the Trasnsformer solution of the translation problem, etc.

upd. the Odysseus solution to the Sirens problem also fits the pattern

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За всe мое время в Америке, где я прожил бОльшую часть своей жизни, мне дали всего два хороших совета о том, как надо жить:

1. Don't give free unsolicited advice to anybody ( Никогда не давай непрошеные бесплатные советы).
2. When in doubt or despair, read random Psalms, one after another until you find the one that works for your situation ( Когда не знаешь, что с собой делать, или когда чувствуешь отчаяние, открывай книгу Псалмов и читай любые, один за другим, пока не найдешь тот, что тебе ответит).

Psalm 23 has become one of my favorites.
https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2623.htm

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What Nagel has discovered is a fascinating architectural feature of the human mind: We are beings who can representationally distance ourselves from ourselves and make this fact globally avail- able through conscious experience.

-- Thomas Metzinger, Being No One. 2004

Nagel's book View From Nowhere is going to be next on my reading list