The Emergence Machine

Command

process · social · Level 7 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

When a group with a shared pattern and community, within a society, enables the emergence of complex behaviors and relationships, one organism can issue instructions to others, leveraging the collective's shared understanding to achieve a common goal.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0CommandGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCheat CodeL12CommandL7GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    command requires understanding group as a foundational concept

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