An atom, by definition, is a short claim, quote, or concept — a shape, not an origin. A web-article highlight clipped into the system IS already an atom at the moment it's saved. Source-shaped slots (Books, Articles, Originals) inevitably duplicate when the content inside is shape-uniform. Organizing surfaces around output shape — atomic claims here, long-form pages there — keeps the system coherent as ingest channels multiply.
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