# anxiety (unlocated)

Fear with no located wall: a self model reporting that some wall is near without a reading of which.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [fear](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fear.nearing-wall), [located](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-located.spatial), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [near](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-near.spatial), [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [report](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-report.information)

**Through:** Without a located wall the self model cannot act on the report, so it narrows its reach in all directions at once and keeps scanning.

**Novel properties:**
- nearness with no direction
- reach narrowed everywhere

## Used by
- [economic anxiety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-economic-anxiety.unlocated) (L20)
- [market jitters](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-market-jitters.near-wall) (L18)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-anxiety.unlocated*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-anxiety.unlocated.json*  
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