Deny Everything Infinitely (DEI):

Part 1 of The Very Predictable and Virtually Inevitable Fate of Most Corporate DEI Programs

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” - Buckminster Fuller

Almost every major industry in the world, in overt and subtle ways, has a foundation that is built on the denial of the inevitable reality that everyone who has ever come into this world, including you all who are reading this Substack, will die. This is the existing reality with which many of us contend to no avail.

Now, I imagine many of you are wondering what this assertion and the Buckminster Fuller quote above have to do with why most DEI efforts were always doomed to fail. Well, you are just going to have to keep reading to find out or live with the mystery. But, I assure you, once you see the point I'm making, it can't be unseen. You've been warned.

Death Merchants R Us

If I were to honestly name a category for these industries that I mentioned above, it would be Death Denial as a Service or DDaaS. And under that category, y…