The World as Projection

Our brain and systems of sensation give us the means to create the World out there - inside. This process is an extension of more basic inside/outside control mechanism ranging across all living creatures.

Having the basic biological tools is only the beginning. The human ability to abstract the World in concepts and "play" with them in combinations and sequences give us abilities beyond any other creature on Earth.

Modeling Our Way to Control

Skip the math... a Good Regulator must have an "out there" - "in here" to navigate. In the sort game, this can be as simple as reacting to immediate stimuli like pain, pleasure, fear, etc.

The long game is very different. Since we develop language with abstract concepts that can be exercised "locally" i.e. in the brain, we can guess about the future with greater latitude... and longitude!

Coming Out!

As babies and children interact with others and develop they solidify the image of their body (self?) as an entity. This differentiation extends to the other people in their social environment as well. Children are self-centered drawing resources to themselves in a direct way.

Others, caregivers et al, are eventually modeled as unique self-contained entities (Theory of Mind - TOM) and the child can now change their social environment though manipulation as well as through direct physical contact. (About 4 years old.)