The Litany Against Gurus

[Eliezer Yudkowsky]

I am your hero!
I am your master!
Learn my arts,
Seek my way.

Learn as I learned,
Seek as I sought.

Envy me!
Aim at me!
Rival me!
Transcend me!

Look back,
Smile,
And then—
Eyes front!

I was never your city,
Just a stretch of your road.

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