The Emergence Machine

Shepherd

physical · Society · Level 10 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A person who tends sheep by utilizing the characteristics of sheep and the space of a field to manage and care for the flock.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L4L2L1L0ShepherdSheepLivestockFarmingMammalFieldOrganism… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesShepherdL10FieldL4SheepL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Field L4 (requires) polysemous
    Person who tends sheep -- prerequisite: field
  • Sheep L9 (requires)
    Person who tends sheep -- prerequisite: sheep