# bleeding edge (threshold)

*Ordinarily means:* the most advanced stage of development, often with risks involved

The wall where a thing can no longer be maintained because the parameter has moved beyond what the model can hold.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: technology  ·  Arena: innovation

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation)

**Through:** self-model.reflexive

**Novel properties:**
- bleeding

## Examples
- The F-35 fighter jet program exceeded its development budget and timeline, reaching a point where software integration could not keep pace with hardware changes. *(engineering)*
- In 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed when risk exposure surpassed the firm's capacity to model or contain it. *(economics)*
- The Large Hadron Collider's superconducting magnets quenched repeatedly during early operation, exposing limits in thermal stability controls. *(physics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bleeding-edge.threshold.json*  
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