The given state of an object or a [[World]], in particular [[Software]]. In this case, I am interested in the Default as a given condition, something that is already there before we even start design. The which is given is usually made transparent within the system - i.e. one does not notice it. This is important because of its political implication. Software is not neutral, which means that it has a default that does something, implies something, frames something. In this case, [[Space]] is a given, it embeds its own history. We could call the the Universal Space of Modernity. It lives inside our Software. #concept