Navigation System
Every system — person, organisation, economy — runs three interlocking loops: Value anchors what matters, Belief steers toward it, Control closes the gap. When all three align, you experience flow.
The navigation layer should not ask readers to decode the folder tree first. It starts with the situation they are in — stuck, learning, building, or evolving — then moves them through the Tight Five: Problem/Purpose → Principles → Platform/Product → Perspective/Potential → Performance/Progress.
How Navigation Routes
Each route is a five-move journey, not a folder path. The reader keeps multiple access paths, but the recommendation engine always knows which Tight Five move the current page is serving.
- Problem/Purpose — why this page matters now
- Principles — what truths or constraints govern the choice
- Platform/Product — what the reader can use or build
- Perspective/Potential — what new lens, player, or possibility opens
- Performance/Progress — how the loop closes and improves
The Spine
- The Three Systems — Value, Belief, and Control: what each asks, what breaks when it drifts, and why sequence matters
- The North Star — the fixed reference the three systems correct toward; how to set and hold it
- Nav Routes — how to read the instruments and choose your next move at each stage of the voyage
- Navigation Tools — the chart, wallet, and trust tools that help the next leg happen
Navigation Contract
| Reader state | First job | Completion signal |
|---|---|---|
| Stuck | Name the obstacle and choose a tractable question | The problem is bounded and represented as an outcome map |
| Learning | Understand agency in biological and phygital beings | The reader can choose who to coordinate with |
| Building | Turn a model into a workflow, artifact, and proof standard | The artifact has proof and a reusable handoff |
| Evolving | Connect metrics, evidence, and lessons into a better question | The loop has a metric, evidence, a lesson, and a better question |
The folder tree still exists for expert users. It is the fallback, not the front door.
Zoom Out
- Up: Docs Home — the full knowledge wiki
- Next: Scoreboard — where navigation intent meets measured outcome