Of Marblerythmes and Fungal Networks - A Tale of the Present (v1.1)

Attempt of an allegory of our digital present. It is set in a world, in which algorithms and neuronal networks are not abstract ideas but physical entities. Hopefully, this can better explain the technology, their relationship to society and their historical context. The goal is that the underlying mechanics of the world function like a consistent framework of the digital, in which digital entities can be build; a literary sandbox like Minecraft or LEGO but for the digital. Changelog: - New chapter "The King's Marble Builders" - Altered passages where merchant girl copying Pinocchio's plans, which didn't made any sense - Changed ending so that fungal empire is brought down by the other factions collaborating their machines and modernizing their engines for efficiency gains, and the fungal empire collapsing because it ran out of resources