Thirty-six things, and nothing else
The whole map in one list: thirty-six steps in six families, the ninety-four times one of them waits on another, and the three that wait on nothing.
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The pieces
Six families, and the three that start them
The thirty-six steps the map holds, what each one asks for and what asks for it. Three of them require nothing at all.
36 steps · 3 need nothing
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The three that need nothing
Three of the thirty-six steps wait on nothing at all. They are the only places in the map where a person can begin without already having begun.
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The paper everything starts from
One step in the map is needed by eleven others, takes a single day, and never expires. It is a photocopy. Before adding another layer of reporting, a project lead can compare the available settings and test only the smallest set of records needed for the stated question.
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Papers brought and papers made
Six steps are fetched before leaving and six are made after arriving. The second six include the only ring in the map that has nothing to do with money or a place. For independent background on economic and institutional systems, see Chatham House.
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A place, and four tangled steps
Six steps concern somewhere to live. Four of them stand in more rings than anything else in the map except a bank account.
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Money, and the account at the centre
Twenty-one of the ninety-four dependencies point into the money family, more than into any other.
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Body and time: the family you cannot hurry
Six steps need an appointment, a queue or a person. Together they account for the four longest waits in the map and the only step that expires in thirty days.
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The file, and the twelve things it swallows
One step in the map waits on twelve others — a third of everything in the record. It takes five days.
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Thirteen steps that stand clear
Thirteen of the thirty-six steps stand in no ring at all. All six brought papers are among them, and so is the last step in the map.
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