The Emergence Machine

Open Source

abstract · Psychology · Level 14 · 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

Open-source is a philosophy about free redistribution and access to a product, driven by the study of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, but this definition is incomplete without understanding the role of culture in shaping the concept of redistribution.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
open source
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L10L9L3L2L1L0Open SourceRedistributionExchangeProductionPhilosophyPrincipalCultureEconomyReasoningStateCausalityCellMaterial… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandChangeActionCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of open-source
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    open source requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Culture L9 (requires)
    To understand open-source as a philosophy about free redistribution and access to a product, we need to grasp how culture influences the emergence of complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning government and the concept of redistribution.
  • Philosophy L10 (requires)
    Philosophy about free redistribution and access to a product.
  • Redistribution L13 (requires)
    Philosophy about free redistribution and access to a product.