The Emergence Machine

Exchange

process · Economics · Level 12 · E9

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Emergence definition

Exchange arises from the trading of goods or services, building on the ideas of production, quantity, and change, where production requires communication and pattern, quantity requires number and space, and change requires time and energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
exchange
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0ExchangeProductionPrincipalEconomy… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeQuantityActionCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesArgueL13Author MedL13BarterL13BidL13BiddingL13ExchangeL12ChangeL1QuantityL1EconomyL9ProductionL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change is essential for grasping exchange
  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    exchange requires understanding quantity as a foundational concept
  • Economy L9 (requires)
    This is an economics/finance concept; understanding economy comes first
  • Production L11 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to exchange, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.

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