The edges between two environments is the place where the most interesting stuff occurs in permaculture. In Chapter 11 of Gaia’s Garden, he specifically studies the edges between environments in urban areas as a way to discover ways to solve some urban specific challenges, such as how Urban Permaculture Makes Cities Greener.

If the edges are where the magic happens (Play is Antifragile), I'm interested in this principle being applied more broadly, and we can use his study of urban environments as a guide for how to do so.

What are the edges between adjacent/colliding systems? In education, economics, game design, religion, marketing, etc.? What are some heuristics to follow to even conceptualize what those edges could be?

What is the activity that occurs in the edge between church and state? It seems to have been a breeding gorund of moral power-mongering, hence a legally enforced separation of the two.

I think there's an edge between current self and potential future self, as Marketers are positive change makers. That's where marketers breed and dwell - both positively and negatively - as they make apparent the tension between the consumer's current and future states.

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