@NicoleCRust @gregeganSF

#McCulloch wrote about this in 1945 — "A #Heterarchy of Values Determined by the #Topology of #NervousNets", Bulletin of #MathematicalBiophysics 7 (2), 89–93.

It's reprinted in the #EmbodimentsOfMind book.

#Cybernetics #RelationTheory #TriadicRelations

Given hierarchical power structures, the burden of proof always rests with the powerless for the powerful draw strength from a "self-evidentiary" logic of their own superiority & the implied weaknesses of their opponents.

In contrast, no one is powerless in #heterarchy