# doing (activity)

the act of engaging in a deed

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: general  ·  Arena: doing

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

**Through:** action is change brought about by an agent through an act

**Novel properties:**
- initiated action
- agentive change
- purposive doing

## Examples
- The Large Hadron Collider circulates proton beams at 99.999999% of light speed for hours, colliding them at designated points. *(physics)*
- Hawaiian lava flows from Kīlauea volcano reshaped 35 square kilometers of coastline between 2018 and 2019. *(geology)*
- Farmers in Punjab, India, plant rice monocultures annually using laser-leveled fields and groundwater pumps. *(agriculture)*

## Used by
- [continue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-continue.action) (L6)
- [rent](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rent.income) (L18)

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