The Emergence Machine

Game Abstract

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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

An activity with defined rules where participants compete or cooperate toward an objective, with winners and losers or shared outcomes, emerges from the intersection of competition, which is a situation where individuals or groups strive to achieve goals that cannot all be fully realized, involving comparison of performance, and rules, which are patterns that govern behavior.

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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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0Game AbstractCompetition Abst…BehaviorGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellRuleFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPlay SportL8Game AbstractL7RuleL3Competition Abst…L6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rule L3 (requires) polysemous
    Games are structured activities governed by rules that define play
  • Competition Abstract L6 (requires)
    Many games involve competition between players or teams

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