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THE LIVING UNIVERSE

how the cosmos reads itself into being
Theory
Carlos E. Perez
Foundations
Howard Pattee’s epistemic cut and semantic closure · Jesper Hoffmeyer’s code-duality · the Chain Theory Compendium (A. D. Wissner-Gross)
Narration
Kokoro-82M text-to-speech, voice “am_michael”
Music
An original score performed live in JavaScript with the FluidR3 General MIDI soundfont
Sound effects
Synthesized in code with the Web Audio API · released CC0
Exploring the map · drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom
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A fourteen-minute film with narration and music. Headphones recommended. Pause at any moment to explore the map yourself.