Shadow Values
Shadow Values are a pattern of Oscillating Tension.
When we have two values, one which we make explicit and acknowledge, one which we don't, we might optimize for the one we made explicit.
This results in our behavior pursuing the maximization of that value, all the while ignoring the implicit one (the shadow value).
Because this value is getting trampled on, the voice that corresponds to it will start to speak up. The more it gets ignored, the more it speaks up.
At the same time, the voice corresponding to the value that is getting maximized, becomes quiet. It's satisfied where it is.
We find ourselves in a place where all we want to do is tend to the value that is not being met.