# international (social)

about many people in many places of the world

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: global  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [world](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-world.place), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** people and places of the world interact across space, making connections that span beyond single locations

**Novel properties:**
- trans-regional bonds
- distributed social ties
- global interpersonal reach

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbits Earth, jointly operated by NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA, and CSA since 1998. *(engineering)*
- The 2008 financial crisis spread from the United States to economies worldwide through interconnected banking systems. *(economics)*
- The Olympic Games bring together athletes from over 200 nations in a multisport event held every four years since 1896. *(institutions)*

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