The Emergence Machine

Journey

process · transportation · Level 2 · 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

A journey is a series of actions, each involving motion, that unfold over time, resulting in a change of location or state.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “journey”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
jornee
Origin language
fra

A days travel - an act of traveling from one place to another

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0JourneyActionMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesExpeditionL12PilgrimageL12JourneyL2ActionL1MotionL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    To understand a series of movements, one must first understand action.
  • Motion L1 (requires)
    journey requires understanding motion as a foundational concept

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