The Emergence Machine

Customer

abstract · Business · Level 8 · 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

customer emerges from trade. It requires business, time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
customer
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

L14L13L12L11L7L3L2L1L0BusinessTradeExchangeEnterpriseProductionCommunityOrganizationGoodCausalityCellMaterial… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesRetentionL9FulfillmentL11CustomerL8GoodL3OrganizationL7BusinessL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (requires)
    A person or organization that purchases or acquires goods or services from a business, often on a recurring basis, in exchange for payment or other consideration.
  • Organization L7 (requires) polysemous
    A person or organization that purchases or acquires goods or services from a business, often on a recurring basis, in exchange for payment or other consideration.
  • Business L14 (requires) mutual
    Understanding customer requires prior knowledge of business, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.

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