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If a base chain has 10 thoughts linked together then you have: Level 2: 100 thoughts Level 3: 1,000 thoughts Level 4: 10,000 thoughts Level 5: 100,000 thoughts

Each of these corresponds to a higher level of "soul" going up in abstraction. A level 1 chain is random thoughts stream but if you can weave it together into a level 2 chain, it's an Idea. A Level 3 chain is like a PHD thesis or the idea of "Black Swan".

A level 4 chain is like a manifesto like "Antifragile" while a level 5 chain is like a "personal" manifesto and is probably the largest size of a coherent idea of human can create.

For coherent ideas at larger scales you need more people. A level 6 chain is like "What is means to be American/Chinese/Indian". A level 7 chain is probably an entire field like Math/Physics. A level 8 chain is the whole of human knowledge and level 9 is The Human Experience.

At each higher level you get to greater and greater and more and more abstract "souls".

There are also some other shapes you can create with links that might be more interesting metaphors. E.g ideas can be weaved into "chainmail” as a defense or a "whip" as a weapon.

A chainmail of ideas is like a maze. You're still going round and round like a dance but you're getting dizzy and the dance isn't ending. It creates anxiety, stress, and paranoia rather than fun.

A whip of ideas goes from bigger to smaller. It's very hierarchical with subordinate ideas following the lead of the higher ideas. This gives the root idea a very long "reach" like a tentacle and also feels somewhat alien and proby.

An idea that doesn't know what to do with itself just flails about in awkward and often destructive movements. It doesn't know how to "dance" because it's seeking a "point". It's either overly invasive trying to get 'into you' or just spreads like a virus.