The Emergence Machine

Employer

abstract · Work/Occupation · 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

An individual or organization that hires and compensates employees to perform work or provide services, leveraging patterns of organization and interaction to facilitate the exchange of labor for compensation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
employer
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0EmployerPersonBodyAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesInterviewL9EmployerL8PatternL0PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    An individual or organization that hires and compensates employees to perform work or provide services.
  • Person L7 (requires)
    An employer is a person or entity that hires workers

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