The Emergence Machine

risk · uncertainty

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L4 review noun closed compare →

a possible loss that may happen

risk.uncertainty · forms: risk, risked, risking, risks

Examples

Emergence

from: loss possible happen
through: a potential change involving the absence of something that was present, occurring over time

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.riskL4 risk.uncertainty: a possible loss that may happenenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.possibleL3 possible.potential: that can happenlossL2 loss.economic: When a thing that was here is not here after, there is a difference.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
as tree

Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromcasinoL17casino.entertainment — a place where people play games of risk for moneyinvestmentL17investment.financial — put money into thing for benefit laterriskL4risk.uncertainty — a possible loss that may happenlossL2loss.economic — When a thing that was here is not here after, there is a difference.possibleL3possible.potential — that can happenhappenL2happen.event-occurrence — A change that is at some place during time.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

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casinoL17investmentL17

Relations

is-aissue.problemrisk is a kind of problem
contrasts-withsecurity.safetyrisk contrasts with safety

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6