# society (social)

people together follow shared rules that make their interactions

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: society

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [rules](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rules.social), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [follows](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-follows.sequential), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution)

**Through:** people follow rules in sequence, and through mutual change create structured interactions that persist.

**Novel properties:**
- shared normative order
- collective behavioral patterns
- sustained mutual expectation

## Examples
- The U.S. Constitution has governed political disputes since 1789 through defined amendments and judicial interpretations. *(institutions)*
- Tokyo's 2020 subway system coordinated millions of daily trips using timed transfers and conduct rules. *(engineering)*
- Wikipedia's English edition maintains consensus through edit wars, talk pages, and admin oversight since 2001. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [political](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-political.governance) (L20)

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