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blocks and a built model

Pieces that stack or connect, assembled into something that stands up. Structure is carried by physics: a block holding two others up cannot pretend it is not, and pulling it out is a test you can run in a second. What the pieces are made of matters less than the fact that every part now has a size, a place, and something resting on it.

Pieces that stack or connect, assembled into something that stands up. Structure is carried by physics: a block holding two others up cannot pretend it is not, and pulling it out is a test you can run in a second. What the pieces are made of matters less than the fact that every part now has a size, a place, and something resting on it.

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Best when the question is what holds what up, or what falls when one part is removed.

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