flowchart LR
Necessity[/Necessity/] -.opposes.- Play((Play))
Play --> Carnival
Carnival --> Trickster[[Trickster AI]]
Trickster -->|destabilize| Authority[(Authority)]
Carnival --> Memory[/Joy + Memory/]
Play --> Wonder((Wonder))
Wonder --> Mystery[/Mystery/]
Wonder --> Scale[/Scale/]
Wonder --> Beauty[/Beauty/]
Mystery & Scale & Beauty --> Survival
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class Carnival,Wonder,Survival glow
Carnival and wonder as twin practices; both treat play and awe not as luxuries but as load-bearing infrastructure of civilization. Anchored to Chapter 13 and Chapter 14.