The Emergence Machine

Accounting

abstract · Business · Level 5 · E10

E10Institutions

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.

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Emergence definition

accounting emerges from number. It requires business, time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “accounting” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “accounting”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
accounting
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0AccountingNumberBuildingSystemFormOperationProcessStructureActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBalance SheetL6Cash Flow Statem…L6Income StatementL6Fiscal YearL11AccountingL5ActionL1ProcessL2SystemL3NumberL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of accounting
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    accounting requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    Understanding system is essential for grasping accounting
  • Number L4 (foundational) Mathematics sense
    Number provides the foundational basis for understanding accounting.

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