Concept

Conservation and its other half

Conservation is why nothing is lost; the second law is why nothing stays. What persists is the material; what doesn't is the arrangement, and the arrangement was the part that was you.

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Treated in

  • Part Five — The Standing ThirdsGoing to GroundWhat actually continues, said plainly: the material — conservation of mass, literally — the Fold already in motion, and the noticing itself.

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