Unbounded System

A system with no discernible boundaries—no clear edge between inside and outside, no definite limits to its extent or influence. Unbounded systems are everywhere and nowhere: the internet, the economy, your extended family's drama. They're impossible to fully map, impossible to completely understand, impossible to control. Unbounded systems are what you're dealing with when you can't tell where the problem ends and everything else begins. They're the reason some arguments never conclude—you can't bound the relevant factors. They're also the reason some experiences feel infinite—because they are, at least in terms of connections and implications.