What I would tell my former self - Excerpt

I would also share some human stories

in the world of GPT-generated Facebook posts,

online deception,

virtual theater,

and social media woven with machine intelligence.

Perhaps for someone, this will be the signal in the noise,

a human imprint in the age of artificial intelligence,

a map for pathfinding,

or even meaning in the meaningless:

What I would tell my former self, excerpt

“ _In this modern-day Hungarian folk tale, the smallest member of the family set off from a small village to try their luck in the direction of the capital._

_In their knapsack, only diligence, a thirst for knowledge, and a childhood dream._

_The protagonist of the story, the former Bercike,_

_moved to Budapest with this momentum,_

_to the twenty-story engineering stronghold of the Zoltán Schönherz Dormitory._

_Along the way, in this case, instead of a dragon, he had to fight cancer._

_But nothing ended here._

_Everything started here._

_Advantage can be forged from difficulties and traumas. Personality and perspective can be developed._

_There's no need to bang your head against the wall._

_Think everything through calmly:_

_what purpose does this story serve in my life?_

_I will find out everything in its own time._

_The labyrinth of a quarter century will come together in hindsight,

_its peaks and valleys._

_From the perspective of 25 years, I see the full picture so far:_

_the puzzle pieces fall into place for a while._

_In this folk tale, the magic power is none other_

_than willpower and imagination:_

_I know that on this path I can be anything, but not everything._

_I can learn anything, but not everything._

_Anything can fit into my time, but not everything._

_In this story, my superpower is hidden in experiencing the flow experience._

_Nothing is visible from the outside._

_From the inside, infinite zest for life, energy, and affirmation of life are working._

_After many years of being closed off, openness towards people._

_Driven by the desire for discovery,

_passionate curiosity – how does the world work?_

_Where did everything begin?_

_And where does the infinite end?_