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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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