The Emergence Machine

Prequel

physical · Cinema · Level 13 · 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

A film that continues a story by exploring events that occurred before the original film's timeline, as it builds upon the fundamental concepts of motion, which enables the creation of a sequence of moving images, and the persistence of a story, which relies on the continuation of a narrative thread.

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Wiktionary senses

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

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L2L1L0PrequelCinemaFilmImage… intermediate l…ContinueFormLifeStructureMotionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPrequelL13MotionL1ContinueL2FilmL11CinemaL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    prequel requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Continue L2 (requires)
    A film that continues a story by exploring events that occurred before the original film's timeline.
  • Film L11 (requires)
    A film that continues a story by exploring events that occurred before the original film's timeline.
  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first