Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The on…

William S. Burroughs
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Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are the prerecordings themselves. The copies can only repeat themselves word for word. A virus is a copy. You can pretty it up, cut it up, scramble it - it will reassemble in the same form. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2013). Cities of the Red Night: A Novel, p.166, Holt Paperbacks
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