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A pattern of acting that a collective self reads as what it is, so it reads those who act otherwise as outside its boundary.

Our way of life (noun) means: A pattern of acting that a collective self reads as what it is, so it reads those who act otherwise as outside its boundary. It emerges from collective self, boundary, pattern, act: The self model identifies the group with a pattern and not with its members, so difference in acting reads as distance from the boundary and change to the pattern reads as a threat to the self. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

our-way-of-life.pattern · forms: our values, our way of life, they do not share our values, they dont share our values, way of life

ordinarily means: the customs and values a community sees as defining it, often invoked as under threat

Emergence

from: collective self boundary pattern act identity out-group read outside
through: The self model identifies the group with a pattern and not with its members, so difference in acting reads as distance from the boundary and change to the pattern reads as a threat to the self.

Chain to foundations

peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actL3 act.deed: do somethingout-groupL16 out-group.outside: Those a collective self reads as outside its boundary, whose walls it does not keep.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesdirectionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goesmemberL7 member.social: a person that is a part of a groupchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.lineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placejustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutsaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.acrossL13 across.spatial: from one side of a space to the other sideselfL7 self.personal: a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeour way of lifeL17 our-way-of-life.pattern: A pattern of acting that a collective self reads as what it is, so it reads those who act otherwise as outside its boundary.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarynumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterncontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingshappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallidentityL15 identity.self: A self-model that stays within its own window while the parameters it represents undergo drift.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitysideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.collective selfL15 collective-self.shared: A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacecenterL3 center.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariesworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.point of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placenoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinglikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromour way of lifeL17our-way-of-life.pattern — A pattern of acting that a collective self reads as what it is, so it reads those who act otherwise as outside its boundcollective selfL15collective-self.shared — A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.actL3act.deed — do somethingidentityL15identity.self — A self-model that stays within its own window while the parameters it represents undergo drift.out-groupL16out-group.outside — Those a collective self reads as outside its boundary, whose walls it does not keep.readL7read.information — when entities sees and makes informationoutsideL6outside.spatial — the space that is not inside a thing's boundary

Relations

contrasts-withtradition.kepta tradition is kept because it has always been; a way of life also marks who is inside
abstractsidentity.selfidentity at group scale, made into an edge

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md