Path Dependence: what this star will be
Where you can go depends on the road you took here.
By Constellate · 9 September 2026 · the short form
Path Dependence is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Systems, and what stands beside it today.
The line it carries on the sky: Where you can go depends on the road you took here.
What stands beside it
The stars nearest to it are Chaos Theory, Compound Interest, Convergent Evolution and Creative Destruction. When Path Dependence opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.
Ask for this star
Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Path Dependence and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.