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Noise is Signal Act I – Nevada Complex Helen was five the first time her playdate ended early. She'd been at the other girl's house, surrounded by dolls. Instead of playing, she lined them up—first by color, then by limb symmetry. She didn't speak. Just sorted and chuckled. The other mother, baffled and a little unnerved, called for her to be picked up. That night, her own mother—who spoke in code and viewed the world as a system to be debugged—powered up an old terminal and slid a keyboard under Helen's hands. "You don't need to act like t...
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