The Emergence Machine

Aware

abstract · Aesthetics · Level 11 · E9

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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

Aware emerges from consciousness and requires beauty, time, and sensitivity.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
哀れ
Origin language
ja

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L6L3L2L1L0AwareAppreciationEconomySocietyBeautyCooperationGroupCausalityCellNature… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureThingActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBiofeedbackL12AwareL11ThingL2NatureL3BeautyL6AppreciationL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Thing L2 (requires)
    A sensitivity to the ephemeral nature of things.
  • Nature L3 (requires)
    A sensitivity to the ephemeral nature of things.
  • Beauty L6 (requires)
    Understanding beauty is foundational to aware.
  • Appreciation L10 (requires)
    Bittersweet appreciation of beauty in impermanence.

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