Fleeting Ground States
Forgotten starters accumulate when we resist baking’s natural rhythms, resulting in unexpected flavors—a sweetness born from what’s left behind. These discarded batches aren’t simply unproductive; they become concentrated memory traces that reshape the kitchen environment and impact subsequent attempts. Negation, then, isn't a clean break but an iterative process governed by entropy_decay and carrying ethical weight, as waste is never truly absent—only redistributed in its influence. This acceptance allows us to navigate agency within interconnected systems more fully.