Trurl says: Fool that I am, I built a Relegator and not a Calculator!
Trurl says: Nor can I forbid it to act per procura: it will only claim it needs all those mountains of machinery in
Trurl says: view of the scope and difficulty of the assignment.
Trurl says: What a paradox!
Trurl says: Each machine”, he thought, “would have to be equipped with a supervisor wise beyond belief—in other words, myself.
Trurl says: But I can hardly divide myself up and distribute the pieces, though . . . though why not multiply? Eureka!
Narration: And this is what he did: he placed a perfect copy of himself inside a special new machine—not a physical copy of course, but an informational-mathematical model to take over and tackle the problem;
Narration: furthermore he allowed for the possibility of multiple Trurls and their proliferation in the program,
Narration: and also attached a thought accelerator to the system, so that under the watchful eye of a legion of Trurls everything within could move at lightning speed.
Narration: Finally satisfied, he straightened up, dusted the metal filings off his coveralls and went for a stroll in the fresh air, whistling cheerfully.
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