The Emergence Machine

Chief

abstract · Anthropology · Level 9 · E11

E11Organizations

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

chief emerges from society. It requires culture, change.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
chief
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ChiefCultureSocietyCommunityLanguageCommunicationCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesChiefdomL10ChiefL9GroupL6SocietyL8CultureL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of chief
  • Society L8 (foundational)
    Society provides the foundational basis for understanding chief.
  • Culture L9 (requires) mutual
    chief is a concept studied in anthropology.

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