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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.           ,.«†^*¤###
¤^«,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,«^¤
###¤*^†«., 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. ,.«†*¤####
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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...                  ,,,.††**##
#¤¤^«,,,,,                                          ,,,,,«^¤¤#
¤^«.,,,,,, 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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###¤*^†«.,                 ###,###                  ,.«†^*¤###
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#¤*†.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.†*¤#
###¤*^†«., we're  gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe ,.«†^*¤###
###¤*^†«., we   have    been   for    some   while. ,.«†^*¤###
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