The Emergence Machine

Interest Curiosity

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E9

E9Cultures

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Interest as curiosity is a desire to know or understand, driven by attention and a sense of engagement with something that sparks one's curiosity.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “interest”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0Interest CuriosityDesireEmotionAttentionMind… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCultural RevivalL11OligarchyL11RelevanceL11TsundokuL11Interest CuriosityL10AttentionL7DesireL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Attention L7 (requires)
    Interest as curiosity involves wanting to learn about something
  • Desire L9 (requires)
    Interest as curiosity is a desire to know or understand

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