01 / ORIGINS
Ideas Bank
The proposed Ideas Bank would record where an idea came from, who contributed and what they agreed to share.
Working tools today · Private deposits closed
Can we take
care of this?
For those here now,
and those yet to arrive.
Use this site to think through an idea, something unfinished, or something you hope to leave for future people. The guide helps you work out a next step without sharing the details.
You don’t need to tell us what it is.
THE THREE PROPOSALS
Ideas, unfinished matters
and future people
Start with a private planning tool today.
The Bank, Vault, and UI remain proposals;
no private deposits or service accounts are open.
02 / ENTRUSTING
Vault
The proposed Vault would hold unfinished matters under clear agreements about their care. That could mean preserving something, reviewing it later or deciding not to act.
03 / FUTURE PEOPLE
UI / Universal Provision
People in the future may need knowledge, time, access or restored habitats. Universal Provision asks what we can do now to help provide those things. It may involve no money.
HOW THIS BEGAN
The questions behind
this project
It began with dreams, thoughts about the people who came before us, and a wish to do something useful for those who come next. We are asking which of those ideas could help in practice.
Read the foundation- 01 Dream recollections
- Personal experiences and creative starting points. They are not evidence about how reality works.
- 02 Speculative possibilities
- Questions we can explore and challenge. They are not established findings or promised technologies.
- 03 What is available today
- A working guide, blank worksheets and fictional examples. The Ideas Bank, Vault and UI are not operating services.
THE FIRST-STEP GUIDE
Is there something that needs taking care of?
You can think about what kind of care something might need without telling us what it is.
- Only broad, ready-made choices
- No names, stories, secrets, or files
- No account or submission
YOUR FIRST-STEP GUIDE On this page only
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Keep the details with you.
Answer four broad questions to make a guide. There is no place to enter names, details or files.
Choose broad categories and receive a guide you can keep. Your answers are not sent to us. A hosting provider may keep routine visit logs.
You can stop at any point. This site cannot hold a matter for you or arrange future care.
About two minutes. Nothing will be entrusted.
Who else could this affect?
Think about the people, other living beings and places that could be affected. If you do not have permission, or do not understand the likely effects, pause. A future Bank or Vault would need a way for people to withdraw permission and a process for refusing harmful requests.
Read the care principlesBefore a service can open
A Bank or Vault would need named people responsible for it, tested security and clear agreements. Until then, this site offers planning tools and information.