The Emergence Machine

Cheap

property · economics · Level 14 · 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

When value, as a product of meaningful patterns, is assigned a low price due to the influence of production and exchange processes, resulting in a low cost to the consumer.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
cheap
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0CheapPriceExchangeProduction… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCheapL14PriceL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Price L13 (requires)
    Cheapness relates to low price