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......^«†= =†«^......
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........^« «^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... #...««««««««...# ..........
.......... ####.«« omega point ««.#### ..........
.......... #...««««««««...# ..........
.........^ ^.........
........^« can you feel it? behind things, inside «^........
.......^«† things, something is happening. †«^.......
......^«†= something between nothing and the =†«^......
.....^«†=$ collapse of reality. $=†«^.....
....^«†=$§ §$=†«^....
...^«†=$§@ the objects themselves do not change. @§$=†«^...
..^«†=$§@@ the physicality of a person stays the @@§$=†«^..
.^«†=$§@@# same. #@@§$=†«^.
..^«†=$§@@ @@§$=†«^..
...^«†=$§@ but items have relations with one @§$=†«^...
....^«†=$§ another, and here is the revolution. §$=†«^....
.....^«†=$ the relationships congregate, the $=†«^.....
......^«†= networks become meshes, and they spread =†«^......
.......^«† out like heat nets over kale farms. †«^.......
........^« «^........
.........^ things become part of bigger things. ^.........
.......... people become part of bigger actors. ..........
.......... often too big to be seen - but perhaps ..........
.......... felt... ..........
.........^ ^.........
........^« lets walk backwards trough the sludge! «^........
.......^«† what's an animal? a collective of cells †«^.......
......^«†= with a single mind (kinda) =†«^......
.....^«†=$ what's a cell? actually in this sense $=†«^.....
....^«†=$§ it's a collective of cells and lesser §$=†«^....
...^«†=$§@ molecular machines ("proteins" et al) @§$=†«^...
..^«†=$§@@ and other fragments @@§$=†«^..
.^«†=$§@@# #@@§$=†«^.
..^«†=$§@@ what's a molecule? just a bunch of @@§$=†«^..
...^«†=$§@ atoms bound (fey concept) together by a @§$=†«^...
....^«†=$§ set of ineffable rules §$=†«^....
.....^«†=$ what's an atom? (things are getting $=†«^.....
......^«†= alien at this point) well basically =†«^......
.......^«† it's an "orb" †«^.......
........^« «^........
.........^ #.«««.# ^.........
.......... ###.### ..........
.......... #.«««.# ..........
.......... ..........
.........^ we're gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe ^.........
........^« we have been for some while. «^........
.......^«† †«^.......
......^«†= =†«^......
.....^«†=$ $=†«^.....
....^«†=$§ §$=†«^....
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