>[!info] >A hierarchy of [[Holons]] (whole/parts), where each subsequent level transcends and includes its predecessors. Things that develop this way, like [[Stages]] and [[Dimensions|States]], are said to do so "Vertically".[^1] > >A classic example of holarchy is how cells transcend and include molecules, which transcend and include atoms, and so on. In the context of the Ancestor System, [[Stages]] and [[Dimensions|States]] behave in this way, with each one numbered higher including all the previous like a Russian nesting doll. So for example, the need for [[Drive 3 - Status|Status]] incudes, and is only possible when, the needs for [[Drive 2 - Comfort|Comfort]] and [[Drive 1 - Survival|Survival]] are being met. Importantly, the [[Intelligences|Lines]] and [[Archetypes]] do not behave this way, being defined primarily by the fact that they do not include the others. For example, the [[i4 - Emotional Intelligence|Emotional Intelligence]] proper is defined by its attention to the data in awareness concerned with the relationships between feeling beings, and the ignorance of other data.[^2] [^1]: As opposed to non-holarchic development — like that of Lines and Types — which is referred to as "Horizontal." [^2]: Of course, in humans it is rare to only have one intelligence active at once, often the case being a collaboration between at least the top 3 dominant intelligences, sometimes even supported by analytical readouts of data from the developed inferior ones — that is, apprehended more as mental facts than the deep knowings dominant intelligences speak in. However, it is the [[Self]] that includes this multitude of perspectives and transcends them into a cohesive experience, not the intelligences themselves. When multiple branches of a military attack a target, the infantrymen don't start flying F-16s, there is still division of skill or "intelligence" even in coordinated action, showing their non-holarchic, horizontal nature.