I think it’s interesting to compare and contrast this with the model I describe in Goodbye, Shoggoth: The Stage, its Animatronics, & the Puppeteer – a New Metaphor — your three layers don’t exactly correspond to the stage, the animatronics, or the puppetter, but there are some similarities: your ocean is pretty close to the the stage, for example. I think both mental models are quite useful, and the interplay between the viewpoints of them might be more so.
Fascinating, and a great analysis!
I think it’s interesting to compare and contrast this with the model I describe in Goodbye, Shoggoth: The Stage, its Animatronics, & the Puppeteer – a New Metaphor — your three layers don’t exactly correspond to the stage, the animatronics, or the puppetter, but there are some similarities: your ocean is pretty close to the the stage, for example. I think both mental models are quite useful, and the interplay between the viewpoints of them might be more so.