The Emergence Machine

Politics

abstract · Politics · Level 4 · 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

The practice of influencing and managing a country or organization, driven by the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation, as energy flows through space, and the complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning government.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
politics
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0PoliticsStateForceFormLandStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBoundary MarkersL5CommitteeL5CommunismL5ConservatismL5DictatorshipL5PoliticsL4ActionL1ChangeL1StateL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Remediation: break cycle
  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of politics
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    Remediation: break cycle

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