The Emergence Machine

Broom

physical · Household · Level 8 · E9

E9Cultures

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

A broom emerges from a sweeping tool with bristles on a handle, requiring a material, a tool, wood, and motion, but a critical prerequisite of culture is missing to fully understand the emergence of a broom as a tool.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0BroomWoodPlantAnimalOrganismTool… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBroomL8ToolL4WoodL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Tool L4 (requires)
    Sweeping tool with bristles on a handle -- understanding tool is a prerequisite
  • Wood L7 (requires) polysemous
    Sweeping tool with bristles on a handle -- understanding wood is a prerequisite