Yea, the internet is composed of devices. All these devices are put wherever they are put to serve the purposes of the individual who put them there. I don't see how individuals need to be called a "layer"... an individual merely possesses devices which interact by the direction of the individual who possesses them; often with devices that another individual possesses. Clique Space is a system that models and mediates this activity.

 

Maybe my ignorance, but I don't really see why things and individuals can be considered separately if you're going to deal with the subject of identity - which is important to the individual's claim for possession of things. I don't understand the necessity of considering individuals as "layers" in a system. The relationship between the individual and the things (or devices) one possesses is very intuitive, and I don't see the necessity for making it any more complicated than it appears.