The Emergence Machine

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To be the same through time.

persist.continue · forms: persist, persisted, persisting, persists, remain, remains, stay, stays

Examples

Emergence

from: time pattern
through: A pattern compared with itself across time matches.

Chain to foundations

timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromexampleL2example.temporal — a thing that persists through time more than most thingsliveL2live.biological — to be a matter that persists through time and can changephysicalL2physical.material — it is matter that is in space and persists through timerealL2real.actual — a thing that is in space and persists through timestateL2state.condition — a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placestuffL2stuff.material — things that are matter and remain in space through timeconditionL3condition.state — a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeorganizedL3organized.structure — a state where parts are in a regular pattern that persists through timepersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (89)

exampleL2liveL2physicalL2realL2stateL2stuffL2conditionL3organizedL3settingL3controlL4homeL4makeL4newL4objectL4parameterL4carryingL5establishesL5freeL5heldL5keepL5needL5continueL6machineL6peopleL6photoL6securityL6supportL6cityL7connectsL7familyL7historyL7windowL7businessL8freedomL8in syncL8loveL8fullL10hotelL10truthL10ambushL11capacityL11coherenceL11englishL11point of no returnL11sleepL11thresholdL11brinkL12marginalL12storeL12strainL12substanceL12symmetry versus regularity licenceL12the compression claimL12gasL13metalL13moderationL13satL13stressL13visitL13breaking pointL14gone too farL14institutional memoryL14on the groundL14plate is fullL14transformationL14waterL14factor of safetyL15healthyL15identityL15lifeL15liquidL15privacyL15abstractionL16gut feelingL16high levelL16whose time has comeL16bedL17essenceL17ancientL18complexL18crossed the lineL18keystoneL18necessityL18pressureL18pureL18slackL18healthL19wellL20rememberL21

Relations

contrasts-withchange.processpersistence is the match case, change the mismatch case, of the same comparison

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0