There used to be an early version of this essay online -- not the one that opens the still-copyrighted _A thousand plateaus_. But there&#x27;s a video where it&#x27;s read to illustrative diagrams (an &quot;illustrated audiobook&quot;):<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=0XYc2scuJrI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=0XYc2scuJrI</a><p>I&#x27;m talking, of course, about rhizomes.