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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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