The Emergence Machine

Printing Press

abstract · social-science · Level 3 · 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

A printing press is a device that uses energy and time to transfer ink onto an object, such as paper, to reproduce text and images.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “printing press” 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0Printing PressObjectExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPrinting PressL3EnergyL0TimeL0ObjectL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    Printing Press exists in the context of energy
  • Time L0 (requires)
    Printing Press exists in the context of time
  • Object L2 (requires)
    A printing press is a physical object