The Emergence Machine

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process · social · Level 12 · 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

Help is a supportive action or intervention that alleviates a person's burden or difficulty in a social space, fostering a sense of relief and reciprocity, although this definition is incomplete without the concept of emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “help”. 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.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L8L2L1L0HelpReliefAnxietyInterventionAfraidFearFeelingHappyEmotionAwarenessConsciousnessStimulus… intermediate l…FormFutureLifeStructureActionChangeMatterPresentEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBystander EffectL13HelpL12EmotionL8InterventionL10ReliefL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    to understand relief as a subjective experience
  • Intervention L10 (requires)
    Help is a supportive action or intervention that alleviates a person's burden or difficulty in a social space, fostering a sense of relief and reciprocity.
  • Relief L11 (requires)
    Help is a supportive action or intervention that alleviates a person's burden or difficulty in a social space, fostering a sense of relief and reciprocity.

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