# help (assistance)

to make another thing change when it can not change by itself

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** when a thing can change and interacts with another thing that has a difference the interaction makes the other thing change

**Novel properties:**
- shared intention
- voluntary assistance

## Examples
- The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake shifted Earth's axis by 17 centimeters, altering its rotation permanently. *(geophysics)*
- In 2008, the Federal Reserve injected $85 billion into AIG to prevent cascading financial collapse. *(economics)*
- The Linux 2.6 kernel update fixed a race condition that had caused system freezes on multi-core processors. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [advice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advice.social) (L8)
- [care](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-care.emotional) (L7)
- [education](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-education.learning) (L8)
- [friendly](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friendly.social) (L6)
- [good](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good.moral) (L6)
- [guide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-guide.person) (L14)
- [insurance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insurance.financial) (L18)
- [please](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-please.politeness) (L10)
- [request](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-request.social) (L8)
- [services](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-services.economic) (L9)
- [support](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-support.assistance) (L6)
- [tools](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tools.tool) (L7)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance.json*  
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