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claim:the-fact-that-one-process-calls-on-other-processes-is-not-voluntary-it-is-essential-to-the-nature-of-the-system-just-as-in-arithmetic

The fact that one process calls on other processes is not voluntary; it is essential to the nature of the system, just as in arithmetic.

Argues that sequence linkages reflect deep necessity, not option, for the system to work.

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triggers among processes
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The mechanism by which one sequence calls upon another, ensuring that linked centers are created, analogous to function calls in arithmetic.

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How, then, can the linkages be activated?
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Asks how to ensure that sequences actually trigger each other when used by independent agents.

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

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Description of the unhesitating, practical nature of the generative steps.
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A living process is always natural, similar to the best kind of natural process, but it goes deeper and includes additional centers that naive natural process may miss.claim0.794
Positions living process as an refined version of innate human creativity, not an artificial imposition.
Possibly the most basic and necessary feature of any living process is the fact that it goes gradually.claim0.791
Core thesis of the chapter: gradual, step-by-step progression is the bedrock of life.
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The Geometry of Interaction model shows that simple copying of information between locations suffices for all computation, establishing emergent logic.