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by underbooter 659 days ago
That's a remarkable question.

Have you, reader of this comment, ever created something that will subsequently never interact with a living being?

I don't think I have... except maybe when I've blinked Morse into the sky with a flashlight or laser.

There's always someone or something on the other end. I try to remember that.

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The classic excercise is: write a poem, tear the paper to pieces and throw it away.
Even then, some organism will digest the pieces of paper.