The document discusses global design principles that can be applied to both inter-object and inter-application communication. It advocates treating objects like applications and applying similar design rules to both. Specifically, it recommends: depending on abstractions rather than concretions to achieve stable dependencies; avoiding duplication of knowledge while allowing duplication of facts; using immutable objects to prevent inconsistent states; hiding implementation details to avoid tight coupling; and ensuring APIs are maximally discoverable. The overall message is that communication between systems, whether objects or applications, can be improved by recognizing them as equivalent and applying cross-cutting principles of stability, information hiding, and implementation independence.