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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 &..&......
...&&.&&.. .&.&&.....
...&.&&.&. 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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