The Emergence Machine

Pollution

abstract · environment · Level 4 · 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

The introduction of harmful substances or waste into the environment, disrupting the organized arrangement of particles and the complex network of living and non-living components that interact and influence one another within a specific geographical area.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
pollution
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0PollutionSystemEnvironmentFormStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAir PollutionL5Pollution EcoL5Noise PollutionL7Plastic PollutionL7PollutionL4EnvironmentL2SystemL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    pollution affects the environment
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    pollution requires understanding system as a foundational concept

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