The Original Loop — Volume 7: Meta‑Systems

Volume Seven of The Original Loop series establishes the Meta‑Systems Layer — the point where evolution stops being ecosystem‑scale and becomes universal‑scale. Building on the Evolutionary Systems Layer of Volume Six, this volume introduces four major constructs: • The Meta‑Ecosystem Engine — how entire ecosystems co‑evolve • The Regime Interaction Field — how global evolutionary regimes collide, merge, or destabilise • The Meta‑Lattice — how ecosystems form higher‑order structural networks • The Universal Pressure Topology — how pressure landscapes scale beyond ecosystems into universal structures Together, these constructs form the Unified Meta‑Systems Framework and the Meta‑Systems Engine: a universal‑scale evolutionary architecture capable of modelling cross‑ecosystem evolution, regime‑field interference, meta‑lattice formation, and topology‑driven transitions. Volume Seven marks the transition from evolutionary ecosystems to full meta‑systems, preparing the ground for global‑scale dynamics in Volume Eight.