THE NESTED HUMAN
A map made of smaller maps
| Scale | Composition |
|---|---|
| One human | Awareness + Participation |
| Two systems | Awareness: Contact + Understanding Participation: Reciprocity + Agency |
| Four functions | Contact: Attention + Approval Understanding: Trust + Explanations Reciprocity: Responsibility + Friendship Agency: Threat + Control |
| Eight pairs | Two forms in each paired relationship |
| Sixteen forms | Useful capacities with possible overuse costs |
The archive selected sixteen forms, arranged them in eight pairs, and noticed four functions. Two larger systems emerged: Awareness and Participation.
Attraction, entanglement, and coordination can occur between forms, pairs, functions, or systems. These relationship states do not replace the hierarchy.
Within every form are smaller processes the picture does not show. Beyond every picture are conditions the observer has not discovered. The map is useful precisely when it can be revised.