monad

In my mind, it was evident before the appearance of COVID-19 that we are fundamentally “monads” as envisioned by the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz, despite illusive notions of empowerment that stem from groupthink.

The second step is to refuse to be a monad.

A system that treats them as mechanical monads is inhumane.

If the world nonetheless appears to be a chain of causes and effects, that is because the monads are programmed to behave in such a way that they seem to be interacting.

Words jostle up against each other -- they become gluey objects that form little clusters, super-sticky monads.