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Primary & Secondary Gain

Primary gain: the benefit the problem directly produces (rest, protection). Secondary gain: the social benefit around it (attention, exemption). Both explain why "solved" problems persist.

Ecology-checking a change means auditing both gains — a pattern that pays better than the offered solution will regenerate itself.

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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026