Meta Level

changing a discussion/conversation to be about the discussion itself: why discuss it, how is it being discussed, who's discussing it, what's not being discussed, etc. (MetaCognition) (actually, the Going/Nudging is to Go Meta - the Meta Level is the destination)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta

Of course it's Meta All The Way Down....

see related Meta Model, Metaphor, Meta Data, Meta-Cognition, Meta-Programming, Meta-Game

• Five Whys