The Emergence Machine

Own

process · economics · Level 10 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

Having possession of something is the culmination of a societal agreement on what is valuable and how it is organized, requiring a shared understanding of property, which in turn emerges from the interaction of value and structure, and a temporal aspect of holding onto that value, which is possession.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
own
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0OwnPossessionPropertyPersonRight… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesOwnL10PossessionL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • own English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Possession L9 (requires)
    Owning is having possession