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..........       ####.«« omega point ««.####        ..........
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........^« 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    $=†«^.....
......^«†= networks  become meshes, and they spread =†«^......
.......^«† out like  heat  nets  over  kale  farms. †«^.......
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.........^ things  become  part  of bigger  things. ^.........
.......... people become  part  of  bigger  actors. ..........
.......... often too big to be  seen -  but perhaps ..........
..........                 felt...                  ..........
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........^« lets  walk  backwards trough the sludge! «^........
.......^«† what's an animal? a collective  of cells †«^.......
......^«†=        with a single mind (kinda)        =†«^......
.....^«†=$ 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"               †«^.......
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.........^ we're gonna lose ourselves  in it. maybe ^.........
........^« we   have    been   for    some   while. «^........
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