The Emergence Machine

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information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurred

Feedback (noun) means: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurred. It emerges from information, send, source, change: information about a change is sent back to its source through communication. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

feedback.communication · forms: feedback, feedbacks

Examples

Emergence

from: information send source change back occurs
through: information about a change is sent back to its source through communication.

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inrelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallwallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.sendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.sourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therewayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryamountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbermarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placesideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.messageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitylinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencescontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.feedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurred
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 2 more not shownbuilt fromblindL15blind.unobserved — a parameter with no feedback, so it can drift without being held in its windowdelayL15delay.timing — information arriving after the change it describes has ended, because the parameter's window is narrower than the sourcedespairL15despair.state — a self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are wiecosystemL15ecosystem.interdependent — a set of systems whose parameters are maintained within their windows by the output of each other.lagL15lag.temporal — feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.regulationL15regulation.control — maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.reputationL15reputation.social-model — a model held by systems one cannot directly edit, which is why it can only be fed, never correctedshameL15shame.emotional — a model of how one is modelled, reporting proximity to a wallfeedbackL14feedback.communication — information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredinformationL6information.knowledge — a pattern of marks that are differencessendL8send.communication — to make a message move from one place to anothersourceL2source.origin — a place where a thing beginschangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.backL13back.spatial — a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryoccursL2occurs.event — a change that is at some place during time

Used by (10)

blindL15delayL15despairL15ecosystemL15lagL15regulationL15reputationL15shameL15statusL15surpriseL15

Relations

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enablesinteraction.processenables

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6