The Emergence Machine

Labor (Work/Occupation sense)

abstract · Work/Occupation · 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

Labor work is the application of skills and effort to create goods and services, building on the fundamental process of labor and the underlying ideas of economy and distribution, where the effort is directed towards a specific outcome.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “labor work”. 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.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0Labor WorkLaborExchangeProduction… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLabor WorkL14LaborL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Labor L13 (requires) Work/Occupation sense
    A concept relating to labor work, encompassing its essential characteristics, properties, and relationships within its domain.