Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.
Newness arises from the intersection of time and change, where a transformation of state or condition (change) occurs within a sequence of events (time), resulting in something previously unknown or existing.
External reference — all senses of the word “new” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.