The Emergence Machine

Local Life

abstract · Psychology · Level 6 · E9

E9Cultures

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Human activity in a geographical area with a defined territory, governed by a structure that exercises power over its people, where the shape and arrangement of matter, as governed by form, and the organized arrangement of particles in space, as governed by structure, allow for the complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning government.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
local life
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Local LifeMunicipalityPoliticsTerritoryStateForceFormLandStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLocal LifeL6ChangeL1StateL3MunicipalityL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of local-life
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    local life requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Municipality L5 (requires)
    Human activity in a municipality.