The Emergence Machine

Crowd

abstract · Sociology · Level 7 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

A crowd is a large gathering of people, but this definition lacks a clear understanding of what constitutes a group and how it forms.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
crowd
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0CrowdGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCrowdL7SpaceL0GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    A crowd occupies a physical space.
  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    crowd requires understanding group as a foundational concept