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Meta-rules in Deep Transitions
In Deep Transitions, a meta-rule is a rule shared across more than one socio-technical system. A meta-regime is a shared rule-set. These technical terms concern cross-system directionality rather than any general rule about rules.
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Summary
In Deep Transitions, a meta-rule is a rule shared across more than one socio-technical system. A meta-regime is a shared rule-set. These technical terms concern cross-system directionality rather than any general rule about rules.
Implications for practice
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Key distinctions
- source account vs editorial application
- single-system change vs cross-system rules
Historical development
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Further developments
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Connections to practice
- Specify the rule, its enforcement and who can change it.
Common confusions
- Treating transition levels as VSM systems or organisational ranks.
Further checks
- Independent expert review and further empirical comparison remain open.
Recorded connections
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Status: candidate · Relation: introduces distinction
A meta-rule is a rule shared across multiple systems; a meta-regime is a shared rule-set.
Locator: PDF page 9: four definitions
- Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality (source scoped research pass)
Claims and disputes
A meta-rule is a rule shared across multiple systems; a meta-regime is a shared rule-set.
Claim status: candidate. Review status: research pass needs editor.
Scope is limited to the identified source passage.
Supporting sources
- Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality (source scoped research pass)
Sources and passage locators
- Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality (source scoped research pass)
- Deep Transitions (source scoped research pass)
- Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality: PDF page 9: four definitions · research pass needs editor
Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). Meta-rules in Deep Transitions. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/concept_transition_meta_rules/
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