The Emergence Machine

Shuttle

physical · Technology · Level 3 · E11

E11Organizations

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 shuttle is a device that leverages the predictable and repeatable patterns of transformation, as described by process, to transport people or objects along a track, utilizing the dynamic movement and transformation of action.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
shuttle
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0ShuttleSystemFormObjectProcessStructureActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesShuttleL3ActionL1ObjectL2ProcessL2SystemL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of shuttle
  • Object L2 (requires)
    Tool object prerequisite
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    shuttle requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) mutual systems-theory sense
    Technology concepts are part of systems.