wow, yes! morning, Gestalt, had to look that one up! interesting! the proverbial 40,000 foot view. I would argue that integral to accepting that " the whole is more than a sum of its parts" we have to recognize the parts of sub system is acknowledged and inferred . Jmho but the small pieces and how they work and interact is were most folks, in whatever capacity ,Are now. For example you have an metaphorical room full of names,push pins and yarn( and 8x10 glossy photos which have the description on the back of each one!) ( " arlo guthrie, alices restaurant ) because You have done this research. Whereas this idea that a " cabal" of bad actors acting behind the scenes is a " conspiracy"to regular folks! Yes you and I are way beyond that but also we learned it, piece by piece , connection to connection. I postulate it's necessary ,these small pieces .