The Emergence Machine

Assist

process · social · Level 2 · E9

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Emergence definition

Assist is a supportive action or behavior that facilitates or enables another person's success, well-being, or achievement within a social context, assuming the existence of a person or entity being assisted.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0AssistActionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAccompliceL13ChaperoneL16AssistL2ActionL1ExistenceL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Assisting is an action performed to help others
  • Existence L1 (requires)
    Assist implies the existence of a person or entity being assisted.

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