The Emergence Machine

Currency

abstract · Economics · Level 15 · 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

currency emerges from market + society. It requires money, symbol.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
currency
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL15L14L13L12L10L4L3L2L1L0CurrencyMoneyTradeExchangeNationPrincipalMediumObjectiveOrganismPhaseGoodCausalityCellChannel… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMonetary PolicyL18CurrencyL15GoodL3MediumL4NationL10MoneyL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (requires)
    Currency: A medium of exchange that facilitates the buying and selling of goods and services within a society, typically in the form of standardized units of value.
  • Medium L4 (requires) COMMUNICATION/MEDIA sense
    Currency: A medium of exchange that facilitates the buying and selling of goods and services within a society, typically in the form of standardized units of value.
  • Nation L10 (requires) polysemous
    System of money used in a country -- prerequisite: nation
  • Money L14 (requires)
    Currency requires understanding of money as a foundational concept.

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