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