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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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