Great initiative !
I've always been intrigued by Andrew Critch's suggestion that the problem of commitment races in game theory and other forms of threats may be 'resolved' by thinking in terms of boundaries as natural BATNA points
The concept of “separation of tasks” from Adlerian Psychology. This is where many of my intuitions originally came from. This isn't technical though.
Non-technical topics thread
(This all seems very Sante Fe. Anything from the Sante Fe Institute to link?)
Computer security
I want to compile a list of topics that could help inspire formal/mathematical abstractions for boundaries/membranes. (See my recent explainer.)
What technical topics are related to boundaries/membranes?
I've seeded the comments with some ideas. Please keep further comments organized in threads if possible. Also, please add high quality links to existing comments by others.