The Emergence Machine

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When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.

touch.together · forms: touch, touched, touches, touching

Examples

Emergence

from: space boundary interaction change
through: The meeting of two boundaries in space enables mutual change, allowing energy or influence to pass between the things.

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.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.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromclickL4click.mechanical — When parts touch together and a change happenscontactL4contact.physical — When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.interactingL4interacting.social — when two things change each other while touchingsearchL4search.action — to move in space until touching anothersurfaceL4surface.exterior — A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.webL4web.structure — a structure of many pieces that touch each otherheldL5held.grip — to be in contact with a thing and stay in that contactpeopleL6people.social — a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchtouchL3touch.together — When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.interactionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (18)

clickL4contactL4interactingL4searchL4surfaceL4webL4heldL5peopleL6supportL6plugL8feelL11crossL13holdL13uponL13beachL15golfL15portL15handL17

Relations

enablesinteraction.processtouch is the spatial precondition for direct interaction

Provenance

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