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a self-model made to be read by others rather than to control the thing, so it is maintained against their window and not the system's own.

Persona (noun) means: a self-model made to be read by others rather than to control the thing, so it is maintained against their window and not the system's own. It emerges from self-model, self, model, make: A second self-model is built for external readers and kept acceptable to their window, so its upkeep answers to the audience's acceptance range instead of to the system it nominally describes. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

persona.outward · forms: persona, personas

Examples

Emergence

from: self-model self model make read others control maintenance against window system rather
through: A second self-model is built for external readers and kept acceptable to their window, so its upkeep answers to the audience's acceptance range instead of to the system it nominally describes.

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesactL3 act.deed: do somethingsaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.centerL3 center.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariessetsL3 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.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchgetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.usualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movemodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.directionL17 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goeslineL16 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spaceprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extenteventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timejustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.point of no returnL15 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statefurtherL1 further.degree: more space than beforereadL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarymarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersonaL20 persona.outward: a self-model made to be read by others rather than to control the thing, so it is maintained against their window and not the system's own.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacewallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.selfL7 self.personal: a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsconditionL3 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.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.againstL19 against.opposition: a thing that is different from another and does not go toward ittimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placesystemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structuredistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placemaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.ratherL3 rather.comparative: more different than usualmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

built from — 4 more not shownpersonaL20persona.outward — a self-model made to be read by others rather than to control the thing, so it is maintained against their window and noself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.selfL7self.personal — a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionmodelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.readL7read.information — when entities sees and makes informationothersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.controlL4control.ability — A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.

Relations

contrasts-withauthenticity.statepersona is maintained against others' window; authenticity keeps the window over the range the system actually occupies

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5:curated-selfmodel · date: 2026-08-22 · confidence: 0.8 · source: curated self-model expansion