# outsiders coming in (crossing)

*Ordinarily means:* newcomers arriving in a community, described as a change to it

A collective self that reads those crossing into its place as outside its boundary, and their coming as moving its walls.

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [cross](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cross.pass), [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [out-group](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-out-group.outside), [fear](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fear.nearing-wall), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end)

**Through:** The crossing of a place's edge is read as the crossing of the group's edge, so arrival is modelled as others setting the group's walls, a report near fear.

**Novel properties:**
- arrival read as a wall moving
- place boundary and group boundary made one

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outsiders-coming-in.crossing*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outsiders-coming-in.crossing.json*  
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