The Emergence Machine

Later

abstract · time · Level 3 · E0

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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

Later emerges from the measurable extent of duration, where the passage of time is quantified through measurement, allowing us to pinpoint a specific point in time after another.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “later”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0LaterDurationMeasurementQuantityStandardPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEarlierL4EarlyL4V A TheoryL9LaterL3DurationL2MeasurementL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Duration L2 (requires)
    Understanding duration is essential for grasping later
  • Measurement L2 (requires)
    later builds on the concept of measurement

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