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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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