The Emergence Machine

Farming

process · agriculture · Level 7 · 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

Farming emerges as a pattern of action that unfolds over time, driven by energy, and resulting in the transformation of matter into food, which requires the presence of land, organism, pattern, and energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0FarmingFoodAnimalOrganismCellFormLandLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesApicultureL8ChickenL8DormancyL8DrainageL8EstateL8FarmingL7LandL2FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    Farming is the cultivation of land to produce food
  • Food L6 (requires)
    An agricultural concept relating to farming, involving farming, cultivation, or food production.

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