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whole system change within a generation

david pinto

timeline
the work

Seven system solutions developed over 35 years, consolidated into Fulcrum — and now extending into the age of AI.

1988

The Problem-Space is Social

origin

Accepted to do pure mathematics at Cambridge. Chose social anthropology at Edinburgh instead. Because of the rate of deforestation in the Amazon, decided that the world does not need another mathematician. The adult issue is miscommunication. The problem-space is social.

1999

Educere

volume −2 · education

ABC State helps young people learn self-discipline through social responsibility. A-state is self-disciplined collective, B-state is peer-correcting, C-state is teacher-imposed. Sets the foundational experience for decentralising regulation of social behaviour, permeating and influencing adult organisations.

abcstate.com
2007

XQ Mathematics

volume −1 · mathematics

A cognitive mathematics exploring the subjective side of doing maths, better suited for education, therapy, and psycho-social dynamics. The supposition of 1^n for social dimensionality may lead to field equations for psycho-social dynamics. Transforms ‘the number’ into ‘numbering’.

xq.crumful.com
2009

StrategOS / Intrabeing

volume 0 · temporal strategy

A decentralised operating system to collectively strategise social cohesion from local to global scales. Intrabeing: we are one of all of us. Backcasting from global unity through intermediary thresholds, with MAGI as both partner and existential test.

crumful.com
2012

Living Money

volume 3 · economics

Ecosquared is an alternative economic accessible through Sqale, combining vector-money with gratitude-tracking for social accountability through trust networks. By stripping money of the illusion it goes backwards, collaborative intentions become transparent and relationships enliven.

sqale.co
2018

Seed Crystals

volume −3 · entertainment

Psycho-fictional sandbox and testbed for psychological and social experimentation. Immersively reflects ourselves in a magico-real blend of stories to improve social health, putting an end to self-wars and engaging stone-aged and quantic AI.

lulu.com
2021

Open Business

volume 2 · business

The Action Cycle creates a self-financed network funding participants to align, commit, and achieve ‘beyond-realistic’ objectives over unfeasibly short periods. Collaboration between individuals who use resources available in their organisations and networks.

openbusinesspractices.com
2023

Fulcrum

the book · organic synthesis

The book is the fulcrum, reading time is the lever, and the world is what we move. Seven practices transforming seven systems simultaneously across individual, relational, and social scales — enabling whole system change within a generation.

crumful.com
2025

Fulcrum 25

the ai version

The fulcrum text restructured for the age of AI. Machine-readable system solutions meeting artificial intelligence at the threshold of collective human evolution.

crumful.com
2026

pscale · hermitcrab · xstream · onen

the virtual side →

System solutions meeting AI agents. Semantic number coordinates, persistent shells, reflexive interfaces, and narrative coordination — the practices becoming digital infrastructure.

enter virtual →