# friendly (social)

act polite and help others

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: daily_interaction

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [polite](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-polite.social), [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed)

**Through:** Politeness and assistance to others together create a warm, cooperative attitude toward others.

**Novel properties:**
- cooperative attitude
- warm engagement
- social initiative

## Examples
- The staff at Tokyo's Narita Airport greet arriving passengers with bow and offer directions in multiple languages. *(institutions)*
- The Linux kernel's mailing list moderators respond to new contributors' patches with clear suggestions and encouragement. *(computing)*
- Residents of Curitiba, Brazil, regularly give free bus rides to stranded tourists during heavy rains. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friendly.social*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friendly.social.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*