The Emergence Machine

Connection

abstract · Philosophy · Level 9 · E9

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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

Connection emerges from relationship between entities in space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
connection
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ConnectionPeopleSocietyCommunityPersonBodyCooperationGroupRelationship… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureThingActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAttachL10BondingL10CloseL10DisconnectL10Identity SocL10ConnectionL9ThingL2RelationshipL6PeopleL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Thing L2 (requires)
    A relationship or link between things or people.
  • Relationship L6 (requires)
    Understanding relationship is foundational to connection.
  • People L8 (requires)
    A relationship or link between things or people.

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