nice · polite

is polite and good

Nice (adjective) means: is polite and good. It emerges from polite, good: when something is both polite and good, it becomes nice. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 7, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Japanese tea ceremony, with its precise bows and silence, upholds harmony and respect among participants. institutions
• Linus Torvalds responded to a critical bug report with 'Thanks, good catch,' despite the project's high stakes. computing
• Sweden's 19th-century postal service required clerks to greet every customer with a nod and 'Good day, citizen.' institutions

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Relations

Provenance