custom · social
Ask Prometheusa usual pattern in a social group
Custom (noun) means: a usual pattern in a social group. It emerges from pattern, groups, social, usual: When a regular pattern is shared among members of a group, it becomes a custom. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 9, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Every U.S. presidential inauguration since 1789 has included a public oath-taking ceremony. institutions
- Japanese tea ceremonies follow prescribed movements and utensils, practiced identically in schools like Urasenke for centuries. culture
- Linux kernel releases follow a two- to three-month cycle, with version numbers incremented predictably since 2005. computing
Emergence
through: When a regular pattern is shared among members of a group, it becomes a custom.
- shared behavioral expectation
- socially reinforced repetition
- collective normativity
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (60 steps)
- customL9
- patternL0
- groupsL5
- socialL8
- peopleL6
- othersL2
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- changeL1
- differenceL1
- persistL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2
- touchL3
- groupsL5
- timeL0
- communityL7
- setsL3
- peopleL6
- interactionL2
- interactingL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2
- peopleL6
- usualL2
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | pattern.regularity | |
| enables | groups.collection |