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1/ Maybe the X axis is a "care about/don't care" instead of "supply chain miles". You're putting things on the map that are never part of the supply chain. Instead, the left are things civilization cares about and the right things civilization doesn't care about
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2/ Maybe the Y axis is "pattern/substrate" instead of "bits/atoms". You're putting things in there that aren't information. Instead, the bottom would be things where the mere existence dominates and the top things where the pattern of the things dominates.
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3/ Characterizing it as a waterfall doesn't seem to work either because your examples allow things to either occupy multiple location or switch back and forth many times.
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