Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each consequence of the relay structure.
Groups: Explained by relays · Not explained by relays
- Deep mutual ignorance between the two endpoints
- Unintended transmission of religion and disease
- The 1877 coining of the name Silk Road
- The value density of the goods carried
- Steep markups by the time goods reach the far end
- Resilience, a war closes one segment and the web reroutes
Hints
- The relay structure explains markups, ignorance and resilience.
- Value density is a separate filter on what could travel.
Show the answer
Explained by relays: Steep markups by the time goods reach the far end, Deep mutual ignorance between the two endpoints, Resilience, a war closes one segment and the web reroutes, Unintended transmission of religion and disease
Not explained by relays: The value density of the goods carried, The 1877 coining of the name Silk Road
Why
The relay structure explains the whole system, markups, ignorance, resilience, and the cargo nobody chose. Value density is the separate filter deciding what enters the network at all.
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