The Emergence Machine

Commission

abstract · Business · Level 4 · 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

Commission involves the exchange of goods and services within a structured system, where action, which requires abstraction and matter, is a necessary but insufficient prerequisite.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
commission
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CommissionSystemFormProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMandateL12CommissionL4ActionL1ProcessL2SystemL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of commission
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    commission requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    Commission operates as part of an organized system.

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