The Emergence Machine

Mask

physical · Anthropology · Level 10 · 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.

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Emergence definition

A mask is a physical object used to conceal or protect the face, building on the ideas of culture and cloth.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
mask
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L2L1L0MaskCultureFaceSocietyCommunityHeadLanguageAnimalBehaviorClothGoal… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesTheatrical MaskL13MaskL10ClothL5FaceL8CultureL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cloth L5 (requires)
    Covering for the face to conceal or protect -- prerequisite: cloth
  • Face L8 (requires)
    Covering for the face to conceal or protect -- prerequisite: face
  • Culture L9 (foundational)
    Culture provides the foundational basis for understanding mask.

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