In the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Ate Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; In the Fall of Cyborgs, We Just Fell Through a Hole, by Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

In the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Ate Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; In the Fall of Cyborgs, We Just Fell Through a Hole

I’ve done the math and

the whole is only greater

than the sum of its parts

when the group is

made up of individuals

But when you lose yourself

in the group

the hole is greater

then the sum of the parts

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In the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Ate Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; In the Fall of Cyborgs, We Just Fell Through a Hole

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