# morale (collective)

The reach a collective self reads itself as having, kept across its members at one time.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [reach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reach.action), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [member](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-member.social), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [keep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keep.maintenance), [across](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-across.spatial)

**Through:** Each member's reading of what the group can do feeds the others'; the shared reading is morale, and it sets how much each member will try, so it can make itself true in either direction.

**Novel properties:**
- a group-wide self-read of reach
- self-fulfilling in both directions

## Used by
- [animal spirits](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-animal-spirits.urge) (L18)
- [consumer confidence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-consumer-confidence.measured) (L17)
- [crisis of confidence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-crisis-of-confidence.collapse) (L20)
- [feel-good factor](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feel-good-factor.rising) (L18)
- [investor sentiment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-investor-sentiment.read) (L18)

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