The Emergence Machine

Fortune

abstract · Philosophy · Level 16 · E9

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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

Fortune is the perceived outcome of luck and the accumulation of wealth, as the unpredictable nature of change can lead to great wealth or bad luck.

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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.

thisfoundationsL16L15L14L13L10L2L1L0FortuneWealthMoneyTradeLuckPrincipal… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFortuneL16LuckL10WealthL15E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Luck L10 (requires)
    Great wealth or luck -- prerequisite: luck
  • Wealth L15 (requires)
    Great wealth or luck -- prerequisite: wealth