Two frameworks covered separately: the six domains (matter, information, life, mind, relation, symbol) answer "where to work"; the six forces (technology, land, government, finance, AGI, religion) answer "what flows". Cross them and you get a 6x6 personal positioning map — 36 cells, each a unique survival configuration.
Some high-value cells. Matter x technology: smart manufacturing, robotics. Information x finance: quant, risk. Life x AGI: AlphaFold, AI drug discovery. Mind x symbol: education, narrative design. Relation x government: policy tech, governance.
The intersection's value comes from asymmetry: matter people don't understand information; information people don't understand life. You needn't top both sides — understanding the opposite side 20% more than pure single-domain players puts you where 80% cannot reach. Translation is forever scarcer than depth.
Reverse use: diagnose your position. If your skills crowd into one cell — zero-sum competition. If your skills sit in one cell and your network in another — you're already standing on an intersection without realizing it's an asset.
The time dimension: cells heat and cool. Fintech was the hot corner a decade ago, now crowded; life x AGI is open land today, infrastructure in ten years. Choosing a cell isn't chasing trends — it's judging which intersection just crossed the usable line. Too early: martyr; too late: denominator.
Strategy in one line: reach survival depth in one domain, keep a hunter's curiosity in adjacent domains — when the intersection opens, you're the natural candidate.
Full map: psyverse.fun
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