In this framing the crux is whether there is an After at all (at any level of capability). The distinction between “failure doesn’t kill the observer” (a perpetual Before) and “failure is successfully avoided” (managing to navigate the After).
In this framing the crux is whether there is an After at all (at any level of capability). The distinction between “failure doesn’t kill the observer” (a perpetual Before) and “failure is successfully avoided” (managing to navigate the After).