I was randomly looking at some stuff about the Enneagram and it's potentially sufi roots through Gurdjieff, and I saw this curious entry. So I followed the links.
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gurdjieff#Businessman
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https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game
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https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Great_Game
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https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
Astana summit.
There's likely lots of different end points or other ways to navigate it, but I'm curious if this idea of a great game has any merit/relevance to these ideas that we are all just sheep in their deathpool gambling for control over resources. What started out as political jockeying as at a whole different level now…