The Emergence Machine

Society

abstract · Sociology · Level 8 · 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

Society forms through the organization of organisms into groups, with a shared pattern and community, enabling the emergence of complex behaviors and relationships.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
society
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0SocietyCommunityCooperationGroupBehaviorGoal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPeopleL8StereotypeL8AcquaintanceL9AgriculturalistL9AllyL9SocietyL8CommunityL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Community L7 (requires) Sociology sense
    Society requires understanding of community as a foundational concept.

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