Based on careful observation of a large sample of the Purple Banshee clientele, O'Shaughnessy concluded that he could use three sets of two mutually exclusive attributes to create a universal classification system for the human content of any economic enterprise.
Using the Herrick Exponential Rule of Sets, O'Shaughnessy found that for three sets of two mutually exclusive attributes the total number of combinations was 23. With this information he was able to construct the three- dimensional O'Shaughnessy Diagram of Economic Organization (O'Shaughnessy's Cube for short), as follows:
Representing the total human content of the economic structure by a cube, O'Shaughnessy used his first pair of attributes to divide the structure into two parts - in front, NEAT; at the back, SLOPPY.
The second pair of attributes divides the structure horizontally - the top LAZY; the lower BUSY.
And the third pair divides vertically - BRIGHT to the right; STUPID to the left.
Serious psychonomics from David R. Boldt.
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