The past/present/future structure of inheritance the essay argues is dissolving into two-state input/output logic. The three states: backward (transmission from ancestors), present (active processing under constraint), forward (inheritance by descendants). When the middle state is removed, the system loses the ability to preserve information across transitions
Appears across 2 pieces (1 defined it · 1 discussed it in essays): when this term was part of the conversation. First surfaces Apr 2026.
