Human and non‐human primates effortlessly see both global and local features of objects in great detail.However,how the cortex integrates local visual cues to form global representations along visual hierarchies remains mysterious,particularly considering a 7 long-standing paradox in vision as neurally encoded complexity increases along the visual hierarchy,the known acuity or resolving power dramatically decreases.Putting it simply,how do we simultaneously recognize the face of our child,while still resolving the individual hairs of her or his eyelashes?