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Behavioural science applies to Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Choice Overload applies to Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Cost–benefit analysis depends on Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Criminal justice applies to Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Economics depends on Scarcity. Activate to inspect this relation.Goal-Gradient Effect applies to Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Governance influences Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Net Promoter Score applies to Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Nudging applies to Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Opportunity cost is part of Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Optimization requires Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Overfitting is a Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Policy Implementation is part of Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Public policy applies to Cost–benefit analysis. Activate to inspect this relation.Public policy is part of Public administration. Activate to inspect this relation.Regulation is part of Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Scarcity applies to Food supply. Activate to inspect this relation.Scarcity causes Trade-off. Activate to inspect this relation.Trade-offOpportunity costScarcityOptimizationOverfittingCost–benefit analysisChoice OverloadGoal-Gradient EffectNet Promoter ScoreNudgingFood supplyEconomicsPublic policyPublic administrationBehavioural scienceCriminal justiceGovernancePolicy ImplementationRegulation
Relationship types

8 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Agriculture, Anthropology, Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Science….

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  • Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
  • A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
  • Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
19 concepts18 relationships27 disciplines4 relation families

At a glance

A choice where gaining more of one thing means giving up some of another.

Disciplines
Economics · Engineering · Biology · Systems Engineering · Ethics · Design · Business · Public Policy · Political Science
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Behavioral Economics, Data Science, Ecology, Finance, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modelling, Microeconomics, Optimization, Statistics, Sustainability Science
Relationships
9 · 4 relation families
Mental models
2

What am I looking at?

In this lens (8)

Bridge concepts (28)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 27 disciplines: Agriculture, Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Science, Biology, Business, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Data Science, Design, Ecology, Economics, Engineering, Ethics, Finance, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modelling, Microeconomics, Nutrition Science, Optimization, Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Policy, Statistics, Sustainability Science, Systems Engineering.
  • Trade-off is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biology, Business, Design, Economics, Engineering, Ethics, Political Science, Public Policy, Systems Engineering.
  • The connections here span 4 relation families.
  • Trade offs explains 7 concepts in this view (Agriculture, Biology, Business, Data Science, Design, Ecology, Economics, Engineering, Ethics, Finance, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modelling, Microeconomics, Nutrition Science, Optimization, Political Science, Public Policy, Statistics, Sustainability Science, Systems Engineering).

Relationships as a list

The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

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A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

About this view

What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.