Doug Hofstadter's concept of "heterarchy" is somewhat apropros here. A heterarchy matches TFA's concept of a "closure" (information about the micro doesn't real

Doug Hofstadter's concept of "heterarchy" is somewhat apropros here. A heterarchy matches TFA's concept of a "closure" (information about the micro doesn't really aid in predicting or understanding the macro), but adds in the ability for higher (more macro) levels to feedback to the lower (more micro) levels. I don't know how much Hofstadter still invests in this idea, but at the time of GEB, he seemed pretty convinced it is/was a central part of how complex systems like minds/brains function.