MNKY Math did not appear in an empty field.

It sits near existing theories, disciplines, methods, and practices that also study systems, behavior, incentives, measurement, decision-making, organizations, and human response.

The Neighborhood is where our neighbors live. It gathers the thinkers, frameworks, disciplines, and adjacent bodies of work that help locate or contextualize MNKY Math in relation to existing ideas. Neighbors are grouped by neighbor types: Deep, Close, Bridge, Adjacent, Contrast. We use these neighbor types to describe the type of relationship MNKY Math has with each neighbor.

These pages are not exhaustive summaries. They are orientation notes: what the idea is, why it matters to MNKY Math, where it overlaps, where it differs, and where to go deeper.

For more detail on how these pages are organized, see Using the Neighborhood.

INDEX

Deep Neighbors
A Deep neighbor connects with MNKY Math at a structural or philosophical level, even if less familiar.

Close Neighbors
A Close neighbor directly overlaps with MNKY Math’s core territory.

Bridge Neighbors
A Bridge neighbor helps one enter MNKY Math through a more familiar idea, practice, discipline, or framework.

Adjacent Neighbors
An Adjacent neighbor shares useful territory with MNKY Math, but is not central to the framework.

Contrast Neighbors
A Contrast neighbor clarifies MNKY Math by showing what it is not, what it questions, or where it extends beyond another idea.