The Emergence Machine

Productivity

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Emergence definition

productivity emerges from labor + quantity.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “productivity” 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.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L5L3L2L1L0ProductivityLaborExchangeProductionBehaviorGoalRatioGoodBuildingCausalityCell… intermediate l…FormLifeOperationStructureActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (requires)
    Productivity: The ratio of output or goods and services produced to the labor input required to produce them, measured in terms of quantity and efficiency.
  • Ratio L5 (requires)
    Productivity: The ratio of output or goods and services produced to the labor input required to produce them, measured in terms of quantity and efficiency.
  • Labor L13 (definitional) Economics sense
    Labor is part of the definition of productivity.

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