The Emergence Machine

Safe

property · safety · Level 6 · 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

Safety emerges as the absence of risk, where risk is a deviation from a predictable pattern of expected outcomes, and safety is achieved through the integration of design and technical problem-solving to ensure the well-being of people and systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
safe
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0SafeSafetyDesignConstructionFunctionRiskConsequenceFormOutcomeProcessActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSafeL6RiskL3SafetyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • safe English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Risk L3 (requires)
    Safety is the absence of risk
  • Safety L5 (requires)
    Safe describes being in a state of safety