The Emergence Machine

Book

physical · Communication · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

A book emerges as a bound collection of written or printed pages, driven by the transformation of wood into a material with specific properties, and the structured system of communication used to encode and convey meaning.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0BookPaperLanguageWoodCommunicationPlant… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Language L7 (requires)
    A book contains written language
  • Paper L8 (requires)
    A book is made of paper pages bound together

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