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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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