The Emergence Machine

Human Labor

abstract · economics · Level 14 · 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

Human labor is the manifestation of human capacity for effort, directed towards creating goods or services that meet the criteria of being valuable and desirable, as determined by the concept of a good.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L5L2L1L0Human LaborGoods Or ServicesExchangeProductionBehaviorGoalHuman… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHuman LaborL14HumanL5Goods Or ServicesL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Human L5 (requires)
    Human labor refers to the physical or mental effort expended by individuals to create goods or services, often in exchange for compensation or reward.
  • Goods Or Services L13 (requires)
    Human labor refers to the physical or mental effort expended by individuals to create goods or services, often in exchange for compensation or reward.