| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | Border treaties, customs unions | Local community exclusion | Citizenship requirements, visa control | Underground networks, smuggling |
| Invasion Repellence | Military alliances, deterrence | Neighborhood watch, local militias | National guard, martial law | Guerrilla resistance, insurgency |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | Interstate cooperation against separatism | Community social pressure | Surveillance, census, loyalty oaths | Grassroots nationalism, civil society |
| Performing Invasions | Wars, economic sanctions | Espionage recruitment, cultural infiltration | Propaganda, forced assimilation | Fifth columns, cultural subversion |
| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | Territorial behavior, mate guarding | Cell adhesion, tight junctions | Skin barrier, mucus production | Cellular recognition, self/non-self |
| Invasion Repellence | Predator avoidance, defensive displays | Cellular immunity, phagocytosis | Systemic immune response | Local inflammation, cellular alarm signals |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | Social bonding, grooming | DNA repair, protein quality control | Homeostasis, tissue maintenance | Cellular stress responses, autophagy |
| Performing Invasions | Predation, parasitism, transmissible cancers | MISSING | MISSING | Transmissible facial tumors (DFTD), canine venereal tumors |
| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | Sectarian boundaries, interfaith relations | Doctrinal consistency, canonical texts | Orthodoxy definition, creedal requirements | Scriptural interpretation, theological innovation |
| Invasion Repellence | Apologetics, counter-missionary work | Cognitive dissonance resolution | Heresy trials, excommunication | Testimonials, personal conviction |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | Ecumenical councils, denominational unity | Meme coherence, narrative consistency | Catechism, religious education | Faith formation, spiritual practice |
| Performing Invasions | Proselytizing, cultural hegemony | Viral memes, persuasive arguments | Indoctrination, conversion pressure | Evangelism, personal witness |
| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | Industry standards, trade associations | Departmental silos, role definitions | Corporate culture, brand identity | Professional identity, skill specialization |
| Invasion Repellence | Competitive moats, IP protection | Performance competition, office politics | Management oversight, compliance | Union organization, worker solidarity |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | Industry coordination, price fixing | Team cohesion, peer pressure | HR policies, performance management | MISSING |
| Performing Invasions | M&A, market penetration | Talent poaching, departmental expansion | Restructuring, layoffs | Industrial espionage, trade secret theft, insider threats |
| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | Exchange territories, regulatory jurisdiction | Trading relationships, market segments | Listing requirements, participant rules | Firm specialization, trading strategies |
| Invasion Repellence | Trade wars, regulatory barriers | Competitive positioning, defensive trading | Circuit breakers, market oversight | Risk management, hedging |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | Systemic risk management, bailouts | Liquidity provision, market making | Financial regulation, stress testing | Compliance, internal controls |
| Performing Invasions | Market expansion, regulatory capture | Predatory trading, market manipulation | Systemic influence, too-big-to-fail | MISSING |
| Function | Macro→Macro | Micro→Micro | Macro→Micro | Micro→Macro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Maintenance | MISSING | Neural pathway reinforcement | Attention control, cognitive schemas | Synaptic strengthening, memory consolidation |
| Invasion Repellence | MISSING | Lateral inhibition, neural competition | Cognitive filtering, selective attention | Pattern recognition, threat detection |
| Internal Disintegration Prevention | MISSING | Neural homeostasis, metabolic balance | Executive control, emotional regulation | Neuroplasticity, adaptation |
| Performing Invasions | MISSING | MISSING | Behavioral conditioning, habit formation | MISSING |
Biggest gaps: - Brains: No macro→macro functions at all - brains can't directly interface with other brains - Organisms: Inter-organism cellular invasion exists (transmissible cancers) but is rare due to immune defenses - Companies/Markets: Individual→institutional attacks exist (industrial espionage, insider threats) but are heavily defended against
Pattern: The gaps often reflect evolutionary/structural constraints rather than impossibilities. Transmissible cancers show that cellular invasion between organisms is possible but rare due to immune defenses. Systems with more centralized control (brains) have fewer bottom-up invasion capabilities compared to distributed systems (memeplexes, nation-states).
Speculative biology: The neural parasite concept would fill multiple MISSING cells by creating: - Organism macro→micro invasions (neural colonies taking over cellular systems) - Brain macro→macro invasions (direct neural network colonization) - Brain micro→macro invasions (parasitic neurons hijacking executive control)
Real-world precedent: Transmissible cancers (DFTD, canine venereal tumors) prove that cellular invasion between organisms is evolutionarily possible, suggesting the neural parasite concept has biological plausibility.