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Paul Gauguin’s Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897

Multilevel emergence and general principles

Much emergence happens on several levels at once, such as the emergence of the city, which embraces emergent systems on levels 3, 4, and 5. What are the fundamental properties of emergence, such as thresholds, feedback, and freedom, and how can we improve our understanding of the nature of time, and prepare for further emergence?