The Emergence Machine

Poor

property · economics · Level 17 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

Lacking sufficient money to live at a normal standard is a state of being that arises from the scarcity of a resource (wealth) that is typically acquired through trade (money), which in turn emerges from the symbolic representation of value.

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Wiktionary senses

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

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL17L16L15L14L2L1L0PoorPovertyWealthMoney… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPoorL17MoneyL14PovertyL16E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Money L14 (requires)
    Poorness is lack of money
  • Poverty L16 (requires)
    Poor describes being in poverty