Concept
Loop period
A loop's natural period sets how long you need to have watched before honestly telling a trend from a stage; a fast loop announces itself, a slow one disguises itself as the ground you're standing on. A written log is the tool for this specifically, since memory doesn't span a slow loop's period the way a record can.
Lineage
- Grows out of
- Loop · Position, speed, acceleration
- Grows into
- Weather, Climate, Terrain
Where it appears
Treated in
- Part One — Why This MattersPosition, Speed, AccelerationThe same three orders that describe motion describe a habit, a Dyad, or a Skein — and why real leverage often looks like nothing happening yet.
- Part Five — The Standing ThirdsThe Culture-KinSeven patterns slow enough that no single life sees one full turn — and, by the catalogue's own admission, its most provisional tier.