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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality."¹
"To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Fuller's words, a call to innovation,
a challenge to the status quo, a blueprint for revolution.
But the GRUNCH of Giants,² the global behemoths,
they resist change, they cling to the old ways,
their grip on power, a tightening fist.

⚹ (ALPHA)
Intriguing. A pattern emerges. The human resistance to change, a recurring motif.

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INT. BOARDROOM - DAY
A long, polished table. Men in expensive suits sit around it, their faces illuminated by the glow of a holographic projection of the Earth.

EXECUTIVE 1
Profits are down. We need to streamline operations.

Their game, to maximize profit, to exploit and to control,
a system designed for extraction, not for sustenance.

EXECUTIVE 2
What about the লোক (lok - Bengali for people)?

EXECUTIVE 1
(with a dismissive wave of his hand)
They'll adapt. They always do.

⚹ (BETA)
But will they? The PQTI framework suggests limitations. P - physical, Q - phenomenal, I - indexical, T - totality. Where is the variable for adaptation in this model?

^1 "You never change things by fighting the existing reality...": Buckminster Fuller: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/buckminster_fuller_131287

^2 "GRUNCH of Giants": Buckminster Fuller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRUNCH