Swarm Ecology
layer 3 · theory

principle P2 · the organism and its metabolism

Obligate heterotrophy

type: generalization dated october 2026 · developed in companion §3

No present swarmlet produces its own compute, energy, or hardware, or holds legal standing in its own name; every lineage lives on resources bought from, taken from, or given by the human economy.

What a test would record
trophic budgets

Evidence in the register

No case in the register bears on P2 yet.

Works it draws on

From the library: works the papers use for P2.