Sign and matter
Embedding messages in matter is not new. The thing that separate us from the bookkeepers from the ancient world is that we are capable to distribute our sensors to another scale and we, perhaps, lack the insight in what constitutes life essentials.
Clay cuneiform tablet (3100-3000BC) allocation the rations of beer. Found in the city of Uruk (modern day southern Iraq).
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