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'''When something is emergent it is not the product of a single villainous entity, but is a trend which of actions which come from multiple factors playing at once.''' Essentially, interactions between the micro-elements of a system self-organize in such a way as to make the property or dynamic seem to "appear" out of nowhere. For example, there is nothing in a water molecule that obviously "entails" the existence of turbulent or laminar flows, or any of the interesting dynamic phenomena that can happen when one flow turns into another. Those things are "emergent."

'''When something is emergent it is not the product of a single villainous entity, but is a trend which of actions which come from multiple factors playing at once.''' Essentially, interactions between the micro-elements of a system self-organize in such a way as to make the property or dynamic seem to "appear" out of nowhere. For example, there is nothing in a water molecule that obviously "entails" the existence of turbulent or laminar flows, or any of the interesting dynamic phenomena that can happen when one flow turns into another. Those things are "''emergent''."

A great example in modern times of this is Google. Google from its inception had ''do no evil'' written into its corporate code of conduct statement, but in 2018 this was removed<ref>Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct - 5/18/18 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393</ref>. This is an emergent phenomenon as initially Google being controlled by a few people had the ability to push a code of ethics above the pursuit of profit. However when Google formed Alphabet, the pursuit of profit emerged as paramount.

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	'''When something is emergent it is not the product of a single villainous entity, but is a trend which of actions which come from multiple factors playing at once.''' Essentially, interactions between the micro-elements of a system self-organize in such a way as to make the property or dynamic seem to "appear" out of nowhere. For example, there is nothing in a water molecule that obviously "entails" the existence of turbulent or laminar flows, or any of the interesting dynamic phenomena that can happen when one flow turns into another. Those things are "emergent."		'''When something is emergent it is not the product of a single villainous entity, but is a trend which of actions which come from multiple factors playing at once.''' Essentially, interactions between the micro-elements of a system self-organize in such a way as to make the property or dynamic seem to "appear" out of nowhere. For example, there is nothing in a water molecule that obviously "entails" the existence of turbulent or laminar flows, or any of the interesting dynamic phenomena that can happen when one flow turns into another. Those things are "''emergent''."

	A great example in modern times of this is Google. Google from its inception had ''do no evil'' written into its corporate code of conduct statement, but in 2018 this was removed<ref>Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct - 5/18/18 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393</ref>. This is an emergent phenomenon as initially Google being controlled by a few people had the ability to push a code of ethics above the pursuit of profit. However when Google formed Alphabet, the pursuit of profit emerged as paramount.		A great example in modern times of this is Google. Google from its inception had ''do no evil'' written into its corporate code of conduct statement, but in 2018 this was removed<ref>Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct - 5/18/18 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393</ref>. This is an emergent phenomenon as initially Google being controlled by a few people had the ability to push a code of ethics above the pursuit of profit. However when Google formed Alphabet, the pursuit of profit emerged as paramount.

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