The Emergence Machine

Privacy

abstract · Law · Level 7 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

The right to control access to and use of one's personal information, thoughts, and actions, protected from unauthorized observation, collection, or disclosure over time, because it emerges from the rule of law and the concept of information as meaningful patterns that can be communicated.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
privatus
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PrivacyLawGovernmentPoliticsStateInformationForceFormLandActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPrivacyL7InformationL2LawL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Information L2 (requires)
    Privacy involves personal information, so information is a prerequisite.
  • Law L6 (requires) Law sense
    This is a legal concept grounded in the rule of law