legacy · enduring
a window held open after the system that opened it has left its own
Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe still transmits data 45 years after its launch, powered by decaying plutonium-238. space exploration
- The Internet Protocol continues to route packets globally, decades after its original architects retired. computing
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves over 1.2 million seed samples without active human tending between deposits. agriculture
Emergence
through: The system maintains the window's open state within a viable parameter range until its departure, after which maintenance ceases and drift may push the parameter toward closure.
- persisting openness beyond agency
- post-maintenance parameter drift
- unattended window state
Chain to foundations
as tree
- legacyL18
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- maintenanceL14
- heldL5
- systemL5
- setsL3 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- openL17
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- extentL3
- motionL2 (shown above)
- stateL2 (shown above)
- enablesL16
- makeL4 (shown above)
- provideL8
- possibleL3
- resourceL15
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- windowL7 (shown above)
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- driftL11 (shown above)
- maintenanceL14 (shown above)
- matterL1 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- systemL5 (shown above)
- substanceL12
- fallL3
- spatialL13
- leaveL4
- holdL13 (shown above)
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| enables | maintenance.upkeep | maintenance can sustain a window |
| contrasts-with | drift.aimless | unmaintained systems drift |
| contrasts-with | parameter.condition | a parameter may persist without being maintained |