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.--:%$####       ####.-- omega point --.####        ####$%:--.
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.-:%$§####                                          ####§$%:-.
....---%$# can you feel it?  behind things,  inside #$%---....
...-:::%§#      things, something is happening.     #§%:::-...
.--:%$§###     something between nothing and the    ###§$%:--.
....--:$§#           collapse of reality.           #§$:--....
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.--:%$§### the objects themselves  do  not  change. ###§$%:--.
.--:%$§### the physicality  of a person  stays  the ###§$%:--.
.--:%$§§§#                   same.                  #§§§$%:--.
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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 ####§%:--.
.--:%$$$§#                  felt...                 #§$$$%:--.
.....--:$#                                          #$:--.....
..----%§§# 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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