The Emergence Machine

Technology

abstract · social-science · Level 3 · E10

E10Institutions

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

Technology enables change by harnessing energy and manipulating matter to create tools, machines, and methods that facilitate the exchange of information, products, and services.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “technology”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0TechnologyObjectChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEngineer PersonL5UserL6Online LearningL9Computer MemoryL15TechnologyL3ChangeL1ObjectL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Technology enables or causes change
  • Object L2 (requires)
    Technology manifests as physical objects

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