# invisible hand (unintended)

*Ordinarily means:* a way that things work out without anyone planning it

a collective outcome that persists inside a window not because any part chose it, but because the interaction of parts maintains a state that no single part models

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: economics

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** interaction.process

**Novel properties:**
- collective outcome nobody chose

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-invisible-hand.unintended*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-invisible-hand.unintended.json*  
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