Selves are defined by the spatiotemporal scale and nature of the types of goals they can pursue—their cognitive light cone.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Selves exist across a continuum of persuadability.claim0.817
  A system's agency is determined by the most efficient intervention strategy (reward, punishment, argument).
• Selves can be nested and overlapping, cooperating and competing both laterally and across levels.claim0.816
  Key TAME claim that biological systems are patchworks of agents, with higher Selves deforming option spaces for lower ones.
• Selfhood is constituted by the spatio-temporal scale and nature of goals pursued (cognitive light cone), not by permanent substance or essence.claim0.811
• Selves are not fixed permanent agents; the substrate of memory, preferences, and rewards is plastic and can remodel during the agent's lifetime.claim0.788
  Central claim that cognitive Selves change in real-time, supported by examples of metamorphosis and regeneration.
• cognitive Selvesconcept0.781
  Selves that are dynamical constructs, maintained by continuous reinterpretation.
• What Does It Mean For Multiple Selves Toquestion0.771
• Nested and Overlapping Selvesconcept0.770
  Selves exist at multiple scales and can be nested (wholes containing parts that are themselves Selves) and overlapping, competing and cooperating.
• There is no privileged material substrate for Selves; cognition can arise in neurons, single cells, plants, tissues, swarms, and engineered systems.claim0.757
  Second foundational pillar of TAME; supports basal cognition and rejects brain-centrism.