The Emergence Machine

Mamihlapinatapai

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E9

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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

Mamihlapinatapai emerges from desire and requires relationship and emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “meaningful mutual gaze”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
Mamihlapinatapai
Origin language
yag

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0MamihlapinatapaiDesireEmotionPeopleSocietyCommunityMindPerson… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesMamihlapinatapaiL10PeopleL8DesireL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • People L8 (requires)
    A Yaghan word for a meaningful look shared between two people, each wishing the other would initiate something they both desire but neither wants to start.
  • Desire L9 (requires)
    Understanding desire is foundational to mamihlapinatapai.