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.###...#.#      things, something is happening.     ..#.#.##.#
##..#..###    something between nothing and the     #.#####.##
..#.##.#..           collapse of reality.           .##....##.
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#.#..##..# the  objects  themselves do  not change. .####..###
.###.#.#.# the  physicality of  a  person stays the .#...#.#..
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##.###.... but  items   have  relations   with  one #..####..#
..##..#... another,  and  here  is the  revolution. ##.#...#.#
#.#.#.##..     the relationships congregate, the    #.###..###
.######.#. networks become  meshes, and they spread .##..#.#..
.#.....### out  like  heat  nets  over  kale farms. .#.#.####.
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##.#...##. things  become  part of  bigger  things. ......#..#
..###..#.# people become  part  of  bigger  actors. ......##.#
#.#..#.### often too big to  be  seen - but perhaps #.....#.##
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###.#.#.## lets walk  backwards trough the  sludge! ..##..##.#
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##.##....# what's  a cell? actually  in this  sense .##......#
..##.#...# it's a collective  of  cells  and lesser ##.#.....#
#.#.###..#  molecular machines ("proteins" et al)   #.###....#
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..#..###.. what's  a  molecule?  just  a  bunch  of ..####.#.#
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.##.###.##          set of ineffable rules          ..##..#...
.#.##..##. what's  an  atom?  (things  are  getting ..#.#.##..
.###.#.#.# alien  at  this  point)  well  basically ..#####.#.
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