Captain metaphor here ... Isn't what you describe (a phenomenon which looks distinctly different at different levels of zoom) the opposite of a fractal? Fracta

Captain metaphor here ... Isn't what you describe (a phenomenon which looks distinctly different at different levels of zoom) the opposite of a fractal? Fractals are typically described as being self-similiar, i.e. they look the same regardless of the zoom level. Most things don't, which would seem to mean that package management is like many other things, more than it is like fractals. Many things that are different look alike when viewed from far away, since you don't see the differentiating detail.