Gavin de Becker

It's like bop, bop, bop.

as they were going around and they go in a whole circle around me and then they're gone.

And immediately after this, the tide, which was rising, it goes up and down, as you know, twice a day, the tide really got strong where I was standing and it was coming in as opposed to going out.

And so I was really like standing there like this.

And I was looking around and I thought,

this better be enough stimulation for you, brother.

Like I'd just seen the giant rainstorm and then the sun, the fish going nuts, and then this giant tide thing.

And as soon as I thought that, a whale breached right off the reef, right?

And I thought, holy shit, man, you are seeing one hell of a movie here.

And then I thought, in fact, I dreamed that night that I was –

as if somebody had typed in, show me what it would be like to be standing on a reef in Fiji.

There was no AI then, but to be standing on a reef in Fiji and have a massive school of fish go jumping up around you, have a huge storm begin, have it quickly get sunny, and then see a whale breach in front of you as you're trying to hold on to the reef is so strong you can barely stand up.

Show me what that's like, Google.

And that I, Gavin, was like the eyes of God, universe, whatever it may be.

What is it like to be a 42-year-old man who's had this diet this day, this trip out to the reef, this childhood, this experience?

Is it all predetermined?

And I do believe it is.

And so the answer to that question is I believe it's out of my hands.

I may get the choices.

You know, is there free will?