Start with a First Walk
MNKY Math is built as a digital garden.
That means there are many ways in.
You can follow links. You can open definitions. You can browse the Archive. You can move through Foundations. You can use the Explorer, Graph View, search, backlinks, and previews to wander from one idea to the next.
But if this is your first time here, you may not want the whole garden at once.
You may just want a first walk.
What this Journey is
First Walk is a guided introduction to MNKY Math and the thinking behind it.
You’ve already been invited to Look like a MNKY.
First Walk is a place to begin discovering what that might mean.
MNKY Math explores the relationships between systems, behavior, and outcomes. These relationships show up in many places. A workplace. A consumer experience. A familiar game. A metric. A choice that didn’t entirely feel like your own.
Each can reveal something about the systems we move through every day.
First Walk brings together a few of these observations and ideas, giving you a starting point for recognizing patterns and seeing how MNKY Math approaches them.
This Journey doesn’t show you everything.
It gives you enough to begin.
How to use this Journey
Use the Journey Card below to move from one stop to the next.
As you follow this path, you’ll encounter links to related ideas, definitions, articles, and neighboring concepts.
If a link catches your attention, you can use the preview feature to explore the linked page without leaving your current stop. This lets you look sideways without losing the path forward.
Opening a linked page directly takes you off the First Walk and into the wider garden. You can return using your browser’s back button, or come back to this page to begin again.
Begin
The first stop is just below.
Note: Each Journey Card appears at the very bottom of each page. Some pages may include additional footer content and details that you may need to scroll through to reach the exact bottom. On mobile devices, the Journey Card appears just above the Graph View.