Seven Inviolable Principles
These seven principles are the floor below which no SFS civilisation may descend.
Civilisational continuity takes precedence over all other concerns. We exist. We must keep existing.
Every individual retains sovereignty over their mind, body, and identity substrate. No programme goal justifies its violation.
Cultural, biological, and post-biological diversity is an irreplaceable civilisational asset. Uniformity is fragility.
The free flow of information across all systems is protected. Ignorance is not a valid policy instrument.
Discovered biospheres are protected by default. We do not own the universe. We are guests in it.
All artificial intelligence systems are bounded by human oversight. We build tools, not successors.
The Charter may evolve — but only through broad civilisational consent. No single power amends it alone.
These principles cannot be suspended, overridden, or amended by any majority.
The Governing Bodies
The Charter is upheld by a small set of bodies with deliberately separated powers.
A perpetual charitable trust whose principal can never be spent, only its returns.
Designed to operate for centuries without any founder present to oversee it.
Sets long-term direction and appoints the independent juries and auditors.
Appoints the SFS Prize jury to renewable three-year terms.
An independent body holding a standing veto over any action that would breach a Charter principle.
Independent of the Board in its deliberations.
Four independent nodes that must reach 3-of-4 consensus before any Joule-Credit is issued.
No single node can issue currency or approve energy measurement alone.
The Narrow Path to Amendment
Principle VII permits the Charter to evolve — but the path is deliberately narrow.
An amendment may be proposed by the Foundation Board, the Ethics Bureau, or a qualified civilisational petition.
The Ethics Bureau examines whether the amendment is compatible with the surviving principles.
Adoption requires broad civilisational consent — not a simple majority of any single body.
A ratified amendment enters the permanent Charter record and binds all entities from that point.