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Kernel | Editor’s Note

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Rules are the invisible architecture of social existence. Some boundaries they create are porous and negotiable, others rigid and absolute. Lines on a map transform empty space into property, into nations, into contested territories. Lines of code transform possibility into permission, into prohibition, into the parameters of digital life. Lines of conduct transform strangers into communities, communities into hierarchies, hierarchies into systems of belonging and exclusion. Natural as they may seem, these boundary-making practices—whether physical, digital, or social—are human constructions, continuously maintained through practices that render them seemingly inevitable, intrinsic, and reasonable.

Kernel | Editor’s Note Issue 5 Editor’s Note written by Kevin T. Baker Rules are the invisible architecture of social existence. Some boundaries they create are porous and negotiable, others rigid and absolute. Lines on a map transform empty space into property, into nations, into contested territories. Lines of code transform possibility into permission, into prohibition, into the parameters of digital life. Lines of conduct transform strangers into communities, communities into hierarchies, hierarchies into systems of belonging and exclusion. Natural as they may seem, these boundary-making p

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