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Meta can also represent transcendence and higher level orders of [[complexity]], where individual actors at one level of [[Organizations|organization]] create a new, [[self-organized]] [[fractal]] pattern of behavior when acting collectively.
Meta can also represent transcendence and higher level orders of [[complexity]], where individual actors at one level of [[Organizations|organization]] create a new, [[self-organized]] [[fractal]] pattern of behavior when acting collectively.


Meta was also the name of this organization and website for nearly 20 years before certain [[social media]] [[crypto-bros]] decided it was cool.
Meta was also the name of this [[Organizations|organization]] and website for nearly 20 years before certain [[social media]] [[crypto-bros]] decided it was cool.


A short list of [[cultural]] references that elicit this [[concept]]:
A short list of [[cultural]] references that elicit this [[concept]]:

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The mobius strip is a model of self-reference you can make with receipt paper

Meta is a prefix that can be added to any word to denote self-reference, recursion and feedback loops.

Kurt Gödel is the patron saint of self-reference.

Meta can also represent transcendence and higher level orders of complexity, where individual actors at one level of organization create a new, self-organized fractal pattern of behavior when acting collectively.

Meta was also the name of this organization and website for nearly 20 years before certain social media crypto-bros decided it was cool.

A short list of cultural references that elicit this concept: