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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...                 £$:=^.....
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.......^=: lets walk  backwards trough the  sludge! :=^.......
........^= what's an  animal? a collective of cells =^........
.........^        with a single mind (kinda)        ^.........
.......... what's a cell?  actually  in this  sense ..........
.......... it's a  collective of  cells  and lesser ..........
..........  molecular machines ("proteins" et al)   ..........
..........            and other fragments           ..........
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.........^ what's  a  molecule?  just  a  bunch  of ^.........
........^= atoms bound (fey concept)  together by a =^........
.......^=:          set of ineffable rules          :=^.......
......^=:$ 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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