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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. &&.....&.&
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.&&....... 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" &....&....
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.....&&&.. ###.### ...&....&.
.....&.&&. #.«««.# ....&....&
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.&.....&.& we're gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe .&....&...
..&......& we have been for some while. ..&....&..
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