The Emergence Machine

Swinging

abstract · Psychology · 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

Swinging is a type of sexual activity that involves multiple individuals, where the organized arrangement of particles in space, as governed by structure, allows for the complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning social unit, and is driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “swinging” 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
swinging
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0SwingingSexualGroupReproductionAnimalGoalCausalityCellState… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeChangeActionCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSwingingL8ChangeL1StateL3GroupL6SexualL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of swinging
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    swinging requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    The concept of swinging as a group sexual practice requires understanding of a group as a foundational concept.
  • Sexual L7 (requires)
    Group sexual practice.