The Emergence Machine

Han

abstract · Psychology · Level 12 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

Han emerges from emotion and requires sorrow, history, and suffering.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
한
Origin language
ko

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L4L2L1L0HanSorrowLossSadnessEconomyResponseHistoryObjectiveOrganism… intermediate l…FormInformationLifePastActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHanL12HistoryL4SorrowL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • History L4 (requires)
    Understanding history is foundational to han.
  • Sorrow L11 (requires)
    Understanding sorrow is foundational to han.