From there, the proverb pivots to a deeper distinction: prediction is not direction. Knowing where you have been can suggest probabilities, but it cannot supply purpose. A navigation app can estimate your arrival time, but it cannot decide where you should travel; similarly, analytics can tell you what content performs, but it cannot tell you what you ought to create.
This gap becomes crucial when values, meaning, or identity are involved. The algorithm can infer preference, not vocation. It can detect what you repeat, not what you are ready to risk. Direction requires a chosen aim—something closer to judgment and imagination than to pattern recognition. [...]
