The Emergence Machine

Poverty

abstract · Economics · Level 16 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

poverty emerges from wealth + scarcity.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL16L15L14L13L8L6L3L2L1L0PovertyWealthMoneyTradePropertySocietyBodyCooperationGroupLawGoodCausalityCellMaterial… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPoorL17VagrancyL17PovertyL16GoodL3GroupL6SocietyL8WealthL15E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (requires)
    Poverty: A state of economic deprivation characterized by insufficient access to goods and services due to scarcity of wealth.
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of poverty
  • Society L8 (requires)
    State of lacking material possessions -- prerequisite: society
  • Wealth L15 (definitional)
    Wealth is part of the definition of poverty.

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