The Emergence Machine

Human Agreement

abstract · social-science · Level 11 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

A mutually accepted understanding or consensus among individuals or groups regarding the value, worth, or exchangeability of goods, services, or other items emerges from the distributed-system computation of consensus and the cognitive process of understanding, which requires thought and time.

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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.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L3L2L1L0Human AgreementConsensusDistributed SystemCooperateUnderstandCausalityCellNetwork… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeOperationActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

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thisprerequisitesHuman AgreementL11UnderstandL3ConsensusL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

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  • Understand L3 (requires)
    A mutually accepted understanding or consensus among individuals or groups regarding the value, worth, or exchangeability of goods, services, or other items.
  • Consensus L10 (requires)
    A mutually accepted understanding or consensus among individuals or groups regarding the value, worth, or exchangeability of goods, services, or other items.