When I think of boundaries, I'm reminded of the boundaries within our own bodies, boundaries that are permeable or semi-permeable or impermeable. Our bodies are always adapting, always changing. I suspect permeability is a necessary condition for adaptation and change to occur. I wonder about institutional boundaries, which are permeable or semi-permeable and how, which are impermeable and why.
When I think of boundaries, I'm reminded of the boundaries within our own bodies, boundaries that are permeable or semi-permeable or impermeable. Our bodies are always adapting, always changing. I suspect permeability is a necessary condition for adaptation and change to occur. I wonder about institutional boundaries, which are permeable or semi-permeable and how, which are impermeable and why.
Exactly a big part of why I like "boundaries" more than "rules." And I agree with you that our sense of how all that works is biological in nature.