[X] The Maw
[X] The Maw is a [X] Frame describing problem of unsustainable super-consumption created by the disconnection of Alphas and Betas in systems. Most systems that…
Category: Semantic Ontology Framework
The Semantic Ontology Framework (SOF) uses sets of system shapes — called frames — to organize terms and describe relationships in complex adaptive systems.
At Least Three Whys
At Least Three Whys is a rule of thumb or Thinking Game about finding a system’s Prime: the system’s central organizing principle, center of gravity,…
Centered over Bounded Sets
Centered over Bounded Sets is a rule of systems thinking having to do with how one thinks about any Set ({ }): a group of…
Coetus Piscis
Coetus Piscis is the “school of fish” field used as the background and environment for much of the SOF/MM systems shapes.
Console
Console is a Frame-to-Frame, visually navigable Interface of the Semantic Ontology Framework (SOF) built from hyperlinked SVG files. It allows a person to use an…
Describing EVS
[EDITING NEEDED: This page was pasted from legacy context when EVS was called “WvS” and before it significant work on systems dynamics was integrated. Also,…
Emergent Value Systems
Emergent Value Systems (EVS) is a framework for understanding the development and characteristics of basic Worldview Paradigm types. It views worldviews as complex adaptive value…
ESD
ESD stands for exponentially-growing systematic debt or exponential systems debt. It occurs in any system where systems design or dysfunction is leading to a lack…
Euclidean Grid
The Euclidean Grid is a conceptualization of 3D Euclidean space commonly used in math that allows positions to be located using (x, y, z) coordinates.…
EVS Essential Guidelines
[EDITING NEEDED: This page was pasted from legacy content when EVS was called “WvS” and before it significant work on systems dynamics was integrated.] There…