The Emergence Machine

Lazy

property · behavior · Level 4 · E6

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Emergence definition

When an entity exhibits a preference for the state of rest over the expenditure of energy required for work, due to an understanding of the patterns governing matter's interactions with energy, and the avoidance of the motion and force that comprise work.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
lazy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0LazyWorkForceRestActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLazyL4RestL2WorkL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • lazy English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rest L2 (requires) physics sense
    Laziness prefers rest to effort
  • Work L3 (requires) Physics sense
    Laziness is avoidance of work