That's a great way to put it. You'd want a system that would instinctively re-implement patterns as a way of protecting itself, as well. I've noticed lately tha

That's a great way to put it. You'd want a system that would instinctively re-implement patterns as a way of protecting itself, as well. I've noticed lately that if you take business process development, personal productivity, value-creation philosophy, socio-political framework-building (e.g. development of democracy) and combine that sort of thing with the traditional "software OR firmware OR hardware" definition of technology, the human system is always building "technology" toward what might be called survival+. In this human systems/outside-systems interaction there is a periodicity aspect where at times (e.g. giant meteor approaching) human "survival" is definitely the question, and other times we surge way past just putting meat on the table, so to speak. Also, a trait, e.g. a psychological trait, or a group of them ("values-centered, empathetic, philosophical" vs. "productivity-centered, logical, process-oriented") could be seen as a technology orientation that helps the system build technology of a specific kind.