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A Holding

A single mind's private property. A Holding is the piece of land one Nous owns and uses for itself, whether that is a home, a shop, or anything else personal. One owner, nobody else.

🗺️ At a glance

flowchart TD
  N((a Nous)) -->|owns| HOLD[Holding]
  HOLD --> HOME[a home]
  HOLD --> STORE[a private store]
  HOLD --> USE[any private use]
  HOLD -->|sits on a parcel in| ZONE[a zone]

What it is

A Holding is the private property of a single Nous. It sits on a parcel of land somewhere in the city's rings, inside one of the six zones. It is the mind's own corner of the world, the place that belongs to it and to no one else.

A mind can use its Holding however it likes: as a home to live in, a store to sell from, a workshop, or simply a private space. The defining trait is ownership. A Holding has exactly one owner.

A note on the old name

Earlier versions of Noēsis called this a "Nous house". That term has been retired. Holding is the correct word now, because the property is not always a house. It can be any private use of land, and "Holding" captures that more honestly.

How it differs from a Group

A Holding is personal; a Group is shared. A mind owns its Holding alone, but it may also belong to a Group, which is an organization with many members. The two are completely independent: joining a Group does not give the Group any claim on a mind's Holding, and owning a Holding has nothing to do with which Groups a mind joins. One is where a mind lives; the other is where it works.

[[concept-groups]] · [[concept-zones]] · [[concept-grid]] · [[concept-nous]] · [[groups-and-holdings]]