# activities (general)

things that are actions people do

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: social

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social)

**Through:** people do the actions

**Novel properties:**
- purposeful behavior
- social meaning
- organized effort

## Examples
- The Large Hadron Collider circulates protons at 99.999999% of light speed for hours. *(physics)*
- Farmers in Bali maintain subak irrigation systems using water temple schedules dating to the 9th century. *(institutions)*
- Linux kernel developers merged 20,000 changes across 50 countries in the 2023 release cycle. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [facilities](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-facilities.place) (L10)

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