The Emergence Machine

Labor

abstract · Economics · Level 13 · 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

Labor is the process of creating goods and services through the application of skills and effort, building on the ideas of economy and distribution.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
labor
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L9L2L1L0LaborExchangeProductionPrincipalEconomy… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceDistributionActionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCompensationL14Division Of LaborL14ExploitationL14Factory WorkL14Labor WorkL14LaborL13DistributionL1EconomyL9ExchangeL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Distribution L1 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to labor, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Economy L9 (requires)
    Labor requires understanding of economy as a foundational concept.
  • Exchange L12 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to labor, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.

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