The Emergence Machine

Civil Servant

abstract · Politics · Level 11 · 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

civil-servant emerges from authority. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
civil servant
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L5L2L1L0Civil ServantAuthorityPowerSocietyBehaviorGoalGovernment… intermediate l…ExerciseForceFormLandActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCivil ServantL11GovernmentL5AuthorityL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Government L5 (requires)
    Understanding government helps understand the political concept of civil-servant
  • Authority L10 (required) Politics sense
    Understanding civil-servant requires knowledge of authority.