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title: Conceptual Emergence
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guideAnchor: emergent-affinity
definitionSource: ../substack/a-game-board-for-life.md
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  - conceptual-world
  - emergence
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description: Here we find emerging and unproven theories and technologies that
  seek to replace or expand our existing technology, laws, and accepted
  knowledge.
---

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# Conceptual Emergence

Here we find emerging and unproven theories and technologies that seek to replace or expand our existing technology, laws, and accepted knowledge.

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The half-baked ideas here are a messy mix of brash, naive, and brilliant — and there's no telling which is what in the short term.

<related-reading title="Further reading">

Components: [@link(open=reference) Conceptual World](/concepts/conceptual-world/index.md) + [@link(open=reference) Emergence](/concepts/emergence/index.md)

- [Welcome to Innovationland](/essays/welcome-to-innovationland)
- [A Game Board for Life — Innovationland](/series/a-game-board-for-life#innovationland)

- [In the Guide](../../index.md#emergent-affinity)

</related-reading>