down to earth · level
Ask Prometheusa self-model held at the range others actually occupy, the one elevation that costs no maintenance because there is no distance to hold.
Down to earth (noun) means: a self-model held at the range others actually occupy, the one elevation that costs no maintenance because there is no distance to hold. It emerges from self-model, range, others, level: Elevation must be held against the pull of shared readings, and holding is a running cost; a model kept level with the range others occupy is read without any angle, so its upkeep is the cheapest of any placement. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 21, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
ordinarily means: practical and unpretentious despite having reasons not to be
Examples
- The senior surgeon who takes histories herself is trusted faster than the one announced by her titles. medicine
- The band that loads its own gear keeps a model of itself the crew can confirm. music
- The phrase is only ever used of someone with somewhere higher available, which is what makes the level placement visible at all. language
Emergence
- zero-maintenance placement
- read without an angle
- level with the occupied range
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (344 steps)
- down to earthL21
- self-modelL14
- rangeL3
- othersL2
- levelL20
- groundL15
- maintenanceL14
- holdL13
- actuallyL5
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| contrasts-with | high-horse.mounted | the high horse is elevation held at a running cost and read from below; down to earth is the level placement that costs nothing to hold and is read straight on |