The Emergence Machine

Company

abstract · Work/Occupation · 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

company is an organized group of people working together to achieve a common goal, often with a hierarchical structure.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
company
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

L14L13L12L11L8L2L1L0BusinessTradeExchangeEnterpriseProductionArmySociety… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAmber GoldL10BailoutL10BalcarceL10BranchL10Burn RateL10CompanyL9ArmyL8BusinessL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Army L8 (contextual)
    A legally formed business entity organized to conduct commerce, employ workers, and generate revenue or serve a public function.
  • Business L14 (requires) mutual
    SimLex 9.02 — business/company near-synonym

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