Heterarchy

A system or organization.
- I was introduced to this concept by [armengolaltayo].
- by warren mcculloch
[go] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterarchy
- Elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) -- or possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways.
- [quote] The concept of heterarchy was first employed in a modern context by Warren McCulloch in 1945. As Carole L. Crumley has summarised, "[h]e examined alternative cognitive structure(s), the collective organization of which he termed heterarchy. He demonstrated that the human brain, while reasonably orderly was not organized hierarchically. This understanding revolutionized the neural study of the brain and solved major problems in the fields of artificial intelligence and computer design.