Energy
3 patterns in this domain
“Don't fight the seasons — move with them”
3/7 frontierCyclical Migration
Every year, 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and 500,000 gazelles cross the Serengeti in one of Earth's greatest spectacles.
ecologyseasonalityresource-managementmovement
7 domains“Stand in the middle, make both sides possible”
3/7 frontierMarket Making
The earliest market makers were commodity dealers in ancient bazaars — merchants who bought grain when farmers brought it to market and sold it when buyers appeared, absorbing the timing mismatch.
liquidityintermediationmatchingtwo-sided-markets
7 domains“Don't act until enough of us are ready”
3/7 frontierQuorum Sensing
In the late 1960s, marine biologist Kenneth Nealson noticed something strange about the bacterium Vibrio fischeri.
collective-actionthresholdcoordinationphase-transition
7 domains