The Emergence Machine

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A polite action directed toward another

thanks.social · forms: thanks

Examples

Emergence

from: act polite action toward
through: When a polite action is directed toward another, it produces thanks

Chain to foundations

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.towardL14 toward.spatial: in the direction that go to a locationgoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placelocationL12 location.spatial: a point where a thing is in spaceenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.point of no returnL11 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarylineL12 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spaceactL3 act.deed: do somethinginteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.directionL13 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goespatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placethanksL15 thanks.social: A polite action directed toward anothermatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.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.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepoliteL3 polite.social: state that respect otherstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromthanksL15thanks.social — A polite action directed toward anotheractL3act.deed — do somethingpoliteL3polite.social — state that respect othersactionL4action.deed — A change that is done by a thing.towardL14toward.spatial — in the direction that go to a locationE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-aact.deeda form of action
is-apolite.socialcharacterized by politeness

Provenance

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