The Emergence Machine

development · growth

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a change that makes a thing be a new structure over time

development.growth · forms: develop, developed, developing, development, developments, develops

Examples

Emergence

from: change structure time make new
through: change and time make a thing be a new structure

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.newL4 new.recent: A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.developmentL5 development.growth: a change that makes a thing be a new structure over timeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.settingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromadultL7adult.person — a person with growth that is now differentteenL9teen.age — a person who is in the period between childhood and adulthoodcareerL21career.occupation — a series of jobs that a person does over time with growth and skill developmentpracticeL21practice.skill — a regular repeat of an action to develop skilldevelopmentL5development.growth — a change that makes a thing be a new structure over timechangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.newL4new.recent — A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (4)

adultL7teenL9careerL21practiceL21

Relations

is-achange.processis-a
enablesproducts.goodsenables

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6