The Emergence Machine

Watch

physical · Technology · Level 4 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A watch emerges from the integration of software, which enables the display of time and additional information, within a system that organizes interrelated parts to work together over time, allowing for the manifestation of meaningful patterns and the binding of particles in space and time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
watch
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0WatchSoftwareSystemFormInformationStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesWife SharingL15WatchL4SoftwareL3SystemL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Software L3 (requires)
    watch builds on the concept of software
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    Understanding system is essential for grasping watch

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