The Emergence Machine

Forbid

process · social · 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

The act of forbidding arises from the establishment of rules within a group, where a collective pattern and community enable the emergence of complex behaviors and relationships, and the prohibition is enforced through the organized arrangement of matter and energy.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “forbid” 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0ForbidGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellRuleFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesForbidL7RuleL3GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rule L3 (requires) polysemous
    Forbidding involves establishing a rule or prohibition.
  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    forbid requires understanding group as a foundational concept