Ideas in progress

Materials

Project positions, discussion texts and author opinions are clearly distinguished.

Discussion material

MATERRA is an open model, not a finished dogma

A project that cannot be criticised quickly becomes a cult. MATERRA is building a different editorial and political habit.

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Project position

What remains in a world without interstate wars

A world without interstate war need not become uniform. It can free differences from the fear of destruction.

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Discussion material

Why one AI cannot be neutral

Every model sees the world through its creators’ data and objectives. Neutrality begins with independent checks, not trust.

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Project position

An equal start without forced equality

What a person receives at 18, how a family package grows with children, and why lifetime earnings do not become inherited power.

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Project position

Humanity needs an arbiter, not a new ruler

Why humanity needs a new layer of decision review — and why it must not become a new authority.

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Project position

One side — life

What changes when we stop looking for a winning side and make shared security serve life instead of the right to destroy an opponent.

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Short publications

Ideas made for careful sharing

One side: life

One side: life. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“One side: life”

A floor, not a ceiling

A floor, not a ceiling. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“A floor, not a ceiling”

Unity keeps difference

Unity keeps difference. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Unity keeps difference”

No decision without appeal

No decision without appeal. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“No decision without appeal”

Several AIs, no oracle

Several AIs, no oracle. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Several AIs, no oracle”

People retain responsibility

People retain responsibility. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“People retain responsibility”

Earth is not an endless rent

Earth is not an endless rent. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Earth is not an endless rent”

Care passes on. Capital returns.

Care passes on. Capital returns.. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Care passes on. Capital returns.”

Criticism is participation

Criticism is participation. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Criticism is participation”

Transition must be peaceful

Transition must be peaceful. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Transition must be peaceful”

Support buys no influence

Support buys no influence. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“Support buys no influence”

A model open to revision

A model open to revision. MATERRA treats this idea as a question for public design, not a slogan. The rule must protect dignity, preserve peaceful disagreement and remain open to evidence, appeal and revision. No person, donor or automated system may turn it into private authority.

“A model open to revision”