IAQ LEXICON
This Is Not A Dictionary.
The IAQ Lexicon is a living map of ideas discovered inside questions.
Every IAQ article can introduce a new concept, reveal a hidden mechanism, or give a name to a pattern that did not have one before. When an idea becomes strong enough, it may enter the Lexicon.
But not every candidate appears here. There are far more Lexicon candidates living inside IAQ articles than the concepts currently published on this page. The Lexicon grows selectively, as ideas connect, deepen, and begin to form families of their own.
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IAQ Lexicon
Courtesy Visibility
Kindness becomes stronger when people can see it.
The moment kindness stops being private and becomes publicly expected. Courtesy Visibility describes how polite actions become social signals that influence the behavior of others, creating norms that spread without formal rules.
Examples
- offering a seat on public transport
- holding the door open
- returning shopping carts
- waiting your turn in line
- helping someone with luggage
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Core TravelIAQ concept.
Courtesy Visibility explains how visible acts of kindness become social expectations. People often imitate courtesy not because they are instructed to do so, but because they observe others doing it.