The Emergence Machine

Lame Duck

abstract · Politics · Level 11 · 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

lame-duck emerges from society. It requires force.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
lame duck
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L6L5L2L1L0Lame DuckDuckMeatEggLivestockSocietyGroupBirdCooperationFoodAnimalBehaviorGoalGovernment… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLame DuckL11GovernmentL5GroupL6SocietyL8DuckL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Government L5 (requires)
    Understanding government helps understand the political concept of lame-duck
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of lame-duck
  • Society L8 (required)
    Understanding lame-duck requires knowledge of society.
  • Duck L10 (requires)
    lame duck builds on the concept of duck