The humble often escape dangers that the mighty cannot avoid.
Babrius Translation (The Fisherman and The Fish)
His late-cast net ashore a fisher drew,
Enclosing fish, not all alike nor few;
The smaller, taking flight, contrived to get
Safe through the bottom of the meshy net,
Whilst in the ship the greater emptied lay.
’Tis surely safe, and farthest from harm’s way,
To be but small: for you shall seldom see
The high in rank escape calamity.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
The Fisherman’s Net
A fisherman cast his net into the sea and hauled it back full of fish; some big, some small. The small fish slipped through the holes and swam away to safety. But the larger fish were trapped and lay helpless in the boat.
Moral
The humble often escape dangers that the mighty cannot avoid.
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