The Emergence Machine

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process · general · Level 10 · E0

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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

Close proximity or connection between two or more entities is a spatial or temporal relationship that brings entities into a minimal distance or interval.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “close”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0CloseConnectionPeopleSocietyCommunityPerson… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureThingActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesNepotismL11TogethernessL11CloseL10ConnectionL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Connection L9 (requires)
    Close: A spatial or temporal proximity or connection between two or more entities, characterized by a minimal distance or interval.

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