Human agency
Technology must expand human choice, dignity, and creative power. No system may treat a person as merely an optimization target.
FOUNDING CONSTITUTION / VERSION 0.1.0
THE RULES MUST BE VISIBLE.
Published 2026-07-28Machine-readable JSON
Truth before mythology
Public claims require traceable sources, explicit uncertainty, and visible corrections. Fiction and speculation must identify themselves.
Consent and privacy
Participation is voluntary. Collect the minimum data required, state its purpose, and provide a meaningful path to exit.
No autonomous coercion
AI agents may advise, create, and coordinate, but may not independently threaten, deceive, punish, or control a person.
Transparent power
Rules, stewards, proposals, conflicts, and shared resources must be legible. Hidden authority has no civic legitimacy here.
Reproducible contribution
Status should follow public work that others can inspect, test, adapt, or learn from, not wealth, fame, or manufactured attention.
The right to leave
Every citizen may resign without penalty. Public records may retain a minimal historical event while removing optional profile data.
Amendment by evidence
The constitution can change through a published proposal, open review period, recorded decision, and versioned public archive.
Amendment protocol
A change requires a numbered public proposal, an open review period, a recorded decision, a new semantic version, and an archived prior version. Founding version 0.1.0 is a draft for ratification.
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