>[!abstract] >I define emergence as complexity from simple constituents or simple rules. It occurs when a system displays complex properties that do not exist within each individual part, so that the sum is greater than those parts' standalone characteristics. Emergence typically arises from the interactions between simple objects, such that they become greater than the sum of their parts. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Emergentism]] >- **West** (similar): [[Assembly theory]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): [[Complexity]], [[Problem of emergence]]