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Institute for Regenerative Systems Architecture
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8
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Architecture
the level each one reframes to
Why institutions fail
Four mechanisms of collapse, past the extractive/inclusive split.
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Why reforms fail
Because they change policy and leave the architecture alone.
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Why governance fails
Structural misalignment, not bad actors on the board.
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Why accountability fails
What accountability without authority actually produces.
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Why nonprofits fail
The capital structure a nonprofit is not allowed to have.
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Why philanthropy fails
Where one-and-done giving stops being able to help.
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Short-termism
Organisations configured to prevent the thinking they ask for.
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Why long-term thinking fails
What would have to change to make the long horizon rational.
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