The Emergence Machine

Game

abstract · Entertainment · Level 9 · 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

Games emerge from the structured recreation of rules, where participants engage in a contest with rivals, requiring a society with a community and pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L3L2L1L0GameRecreationSportCompetition Abst…CausalityCellRule… intermediate l…FormLifePhysical ActivityStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesRule SportL10CompetitionL13GameL9RuleL3RecreationL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • game English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rule L3 (requires) polysemous
    A game is structured play governed by rules
  • Recreation L8 (requires)
    Games are recreational activities

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