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in 2019 / the institute was / a kitchen table / covered in drafts / the official seal / a coffee ring / bylaws / whatever survived / the next morning /

in 2020 / it became portable / operating out of / borrowed bedrooms / and the theory / that isolation / is a form / of field research /

by 2021 / defined as / “a network / of provisional truths” / which sounded / more legitimate / on letterhead /

in 2022 / rewritten entirely / in metaphor / then translated / into bullet points / and vague next steps /

by 2023 / described / as both “post-disciplinary” / and “preposterous” / which felt / about right /

in 2024 / no definition / at all / which caused / a brief existential crisis / in several folders /

in 2025 / it developed / a stronger framework / for housing contradictions / filing them neatly / under vision / operations / and other words / that sounded useful / in meetings /

in 2026 / this was widely regarded / as progress /