“[There is a] familiar difficulty that the universe should contain everything that it needs to contain, yet must be seen from outside if this is to be appreciated. (Otherwise how can you see is contains everything!) Then the view from outside, that the universe does indeed contain everything it should, should be within the universe, for ‘contains everything it should’ is a property of it being that universe! I proposed that the boundaries of universes should be seen as having metaphorical hands on them, constantly grabbing that which was outside but should be inside, placing it within the confines of the said universe. Thus, the universe is in a state of constant expansion: that which had been outside being absorbed – leaving the outside bare, awaiting another external view (then to be absorbed in turn): variety constantly increasing.”
Reference: Ranulph Glanville (2009), A (cybernetic) musing: Varieties of variety?, The Black Boox VolIII 39 Steps, edition echoraum, Vienna, p. 122.
