parasitism · systemic
one system holding its window open by narrowing another's
Examples
- In the 2003 Northeast Blackout, Ohio's FirstEnergy failed to trim trees, causing a cascade that left 55 million without power for hours. engineering
- Cancer cells in a human body consume 70% of glucose, starving healthy tissues and forcing metabolic reprogramming. biology
- Amazon's marketplace prioritizes Fulfilled-by-Amazon listings, reducing visibility for third-party sellers who use independent logistics. economics
Emergence
through: The components work together so that one organized system sustains its own viable parameter range by actively constraining the spatial or functional range available to another system.
- asymmetric persistence
- relational dependency
- coerced limitation
Chain to foundations
as tree
- parasitismL18
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- narrowL5
- maintenanceL14
- workL3
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- windowL7 (shown above)
- holdL13
- touchL3
- forceL12
- keepL5
- motionL2 (shown above)
- insideL5 (shown above)
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- holdL13 (shown above)
- openL17
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- extentL3 (shown above)
- motionL2 (shown above)
- stateL2 (shown above)
- enablesL16
- makeL4 (shown above)
- provideL8
- possibleL3
- resourceL15
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- windowL7 (shown above)
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3 (shown above)
- makeL4 (shown above)
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- maintenanceL14 (shown above)
- matterL1 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- systemL5
- setsL3 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- substanceL12
- fallL3
- spatialL13
- systemL5 (shown above)
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.