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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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