Rules and Metarules

Rules are governance-structures that determine what is allowed, disallowed, valid, invalid, possible, impossible, or otherwise classifiable within their governed scope.

Metarules are the rules that govern rules.

Metarules² are the rules that govern Metarules.

Metarules³ are the rules that govern Metarules².

Metarules⁴ are the rules that govern Metarules³.

Metarules⁵ are the rules that govern Metarules⁴.

General Metarule rule: for every integer n ≥ 2, Metarulesⁿ are the rules governing Metarules⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾. The Metarule ladder continues recursively without a terminal order.

Metagovernance depth is the recursive order at which governance is applied to governance. Ordinary rules are governance-depth 0, Metarules are governance-depth 1, Metarules² are governance-depth 2, and so forth.

Impossibility-governance is the rules-and-metarules structure that determines what can be classified, contained, or represented as impossible.