The bit about layering creating functional fixedness reminds me of organisms (especially humans, but more broadly evolution as a search process) as ‘homeostatic envelope extenders’ a la Nozick’s take on Quine.
The bit about layering creating functional fixedness reminds me of organisms (especially humans, but more broadly evolution as a search process) as ‘homeostatic envelope extenders’ a la Nozick’s take on Quine.