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   The delineation of a system boundary ($\partial S$) is critical for any formal analysis. This boundary separates the system proper ($S$) from its external environment ($E$). A core axiom, established by the early Cyberneticists of the 1940s, dictates that the permeability of $\partial S$ is inversely proportional to the complexity of the observed phenomenon; simple systems possess highly porous boundaries, while highly complex systems—such as the socio-economic structures of the early Holocene- exhibit near-absolute imperviousness to external …