The Emergence Machine

Policy

abstract · Politics · Level 9 · E10

E10Institutions

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

policy emerges from society. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “policy” 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
policy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0PolicySocietyCommunityCooperationGroupBehaviorGoalGovernment… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBureaucracyL10CentrismL10ColonialismL10Foreign PolicyL10ReferendumL10PolicyL9GovernmentL5GroupL6SocietyL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Government L5 (requires)
    Understanding government helps understand the political concept of policy
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of policy
  • Society L8 (required)
    Society comprises the members, groups, and institutions that together form a political community requiring shared norms and structures.

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