1. An interactive communication system, the system comprising: a memory configured to store a semiotic environment comprising— a multi-level model framework of a complex system comprising a plurality of ontologically organized cells, each ontologically organized cell comprising a relationship to at least one other ontologically organized cell at a different level of the multi-level model framework, and a multi-scale representation defining instructions for generating a plurality of observable elements based on the multi-level model framework, each observable element having at least one attribute modifiable based on at least one of: (i) a value of an ontologically organized cell, (ii) the relationship between a first ontologically organized cell and a second ontologically organized cell, and (iii) a status of an ontologically organized cell in the context of the multi-level model framework; and a user interface configured to— present a toolset comprising at least one user-selectable observable element such that a user can modify the multi-scale representation by selecting the user-selectable observable element, and dynamically generate an output comprising a plurality of cells based on the plurality of observable elements of the semiotic environment.