The Emergence Machine

Efficiency

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Emergence definition

Efficiency emerges from the optimization of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services, where production requires labor and quantity, distribution requires availability, and exchange requires communication and pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL15L14L13L12L2L1L0EfficiencyProductivityLaborExchange… intermediate l…FormLifeOperationStructureDistributionActionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesEfficiencyL15DistributionL1ExchangeL12ProductivityL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Distribution L1 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to efficiency, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Exchange L12 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to efficiency, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Productivity L14 (definitional) Economics sense
    Productivity is part of the definition of efficiency.