Very good article @limitless and also a great comment from @baerdric about the onion layers.
I was considering Miyamoto Musashi's books when reading this article, and it has helped me understand a few more of his statements that have perplexed me until now. For me, I've always enjoyed orbiting around arguments and sitting their personally in detachment (even laughing but in a detached manner) because I could see a lot of people get taken over by their emotions. It took me a long time to detach from emotions as a teenager. In general, the wilderness, mountains and serenity has helped in that respect. Recently, I look at all of these arguments people are having on both the left and the right and many times I have questioned to myself (why did these patterns and groupings even form in the first place?) I like your network theory and nodal approach to determining the perception and reality feedback scenario.