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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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:«:....... 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 ..:«:†¤£##
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##£¤†:«:.. 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 ..:«:†¤£##
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