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###@¤¤$*-^ can you feel it? behind things, inside ^-*$¤¤@###
##@¤¤$*-^¨ things, something is happening. ¨^-*$¤¤@##
¤¤¤*-^^¨¨¨ something between nothing and the ¨¨¨^^-*¤¤¤
¤$-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ collapse of reality. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-$¤
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¤¤$*-¨¨¨¨¨ the physicality of a person stays the ¨¨¨¨¨-*$¤¤
¤¤***-^^^¨ same. ¨^^^-***¤¤
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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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##@¤¤$*-^¨ things become part of bigger things. ¨^-*$¤¤@##
¤$--¨¨¨¨¨¨ people become part of bigger actors. ¨¨¨¨¨¨--$¤
###@¤$*-^¨ often too big to be seen - but perhaps ¨^-*$¤@###
##@¤¤$*-^¨ felt... ¨^-*$¤¤@##
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¤$*^^^¨¨¨¨ with a single mind (kinda) ¨¨¨¨^^^*$¤
##@¤¤$*-^¨ what's a cell? actually in this sense ¨^-*$¤¤@##
¤¤$---¨¨¨¨ it's a collective of cells and lesser ¨¨¨¨---$¤¤
##@¤¤$*-^¨ molecular machines ("proteins" et al) ¨^-*$¤¤@##
¤$-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and other fragments ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-$¤
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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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#@@¤¤$*-^¨ we're gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe ¨^-*$¤¤@@#
##@¤¤$*-^¨ we have been for some while. ¨^-*$¤¤@##
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