proposals

Designs for cooperation at scale, published to be argued with.

Every institution we live under was designed — usually long ago, usually for a different world, and usually without an off switch. These proposals are attempts at better ones. Each states what it's for, how it works, who it pays and how, and where it could break. If a design can't survive being attacked in public, it doesn't deserve to govern anyone.

the proposals
PROPOSAL 01

multi-scale governance

How a society decides. Proposing, deciding, and repealing law split across three tiers; lawmakers paid for how long their work survives; every institution built with a lifecycle — spun up, held accountable, and sunset when its work is done. Read the proposal →

governance draft · part one
PROPOSAL 02

the energy standard

How a society settles up. A currency backed by energy — minted when a kilowatt-hour is produced, burned when it's consumed — so the money supply grows with real productive capacity instead of political convenience. Read on Substack →

currency part two
PROPOSAL 03

the platform

How a society stores value. A marketplace for real-world assets where every price is proven at auction and every token is created for cash at its backing — plus a timeline of how value moves between every party. The platform → · The timeline →

rwa research
the research behind them

These proposals don't come from nowhere. Behind them sits the whitepaper — a working document, young and very much alive, trying to explain the moment we're in and civilization in general: why governance fails, what any replacement must actually accomplish, and which mechanisms have only just become possible — how voting can capture what people actually want, how leaders can be paid to care about the long term, how power can be kept honest without trusting anyone to stay virtuous. Each proposal assembles some of those mechanisms into one coherent design. There are many possible assemblies; these are the ones we think are worth arguing about first.

Argue with these.

Every proposal lists its own attack surfaces, because we want them attacked. Follow the work as it develops, or come take a swing.

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tell us where they break →