Our Constitution_v2 · September 26, 2026
Here’s how we’ll protect it.
Machines can do more every day. Deciding what matters is still our job.
I’m building Build Something to use that capability to create value for as many people as possible, while people remain responsible for the decisions.
I don’t have the perfect rules. These are the commitments I will operate under, and the questions we still need to answer.
Machines can help us create, understand, compare, predict and solve. Humans remain responsible for deciding what matters.
Create as much value for as many people as possible, using the least resources necessary. Pay operating expenses. Then put the remaining economic value back into circulation, rather than accumulating it for the founder or owners. Exactly how we do that is still being worked out.
If your judgment creates economic value, you should benefit. Build Something may earn revenue from people’s judgments taken together. It will not sell your individual private data or claim that the value people create belongs only to the institution.
You should be able to see where money came from, what operating expenses cost and where the remaining value went.
Organizations may pay to ask questions. They cannot pay people to give a particular answer, buy the result or secretly change a question after seeing the answers.
The Record must say whether a contribution came from a human or a machine. When the question is what humans want, humans answer it.
Your judgment belongs to the day you made it. Changing your mind adds a new judgment; it does not erase the old one. Corrections are added with a date. The Record preserves both.
You answer first. Your judgment is recorded. Then you see what others chose: percentages, the exact number of responses, and separate counts for signed and anonymous judgments.
Nobody has to join. Nobody is publicly called out for refusing, or pressured by fake deadlines or manufactured urgency. People should participate because they understand what this is and want to be part of it.
For now, I make the final constitutional decisions. Your answers inform those decisions; they do not automatically become the rules.
The Record will show what I asked, what you chose, what the room chose, what I decided and why. If I disagree with the room, that disagreement stays visible. You can judge whether my decisions deserve your trust.
Before an amendment takes effect, the people governed by the constitutional process must have the opportunity to judge it. Their judgments and the result are recorded.
The rule for passing a change must be set before the outcome is known. It cannot be rewritten afterward to get a preferred result.
Choose before seeing what others chose. Explanations and challenges are optional. Earlier answers and signatures remain with Version 1.
A · No. Every judgment counts equally. A name tells us who stands behind a judgment. It should not give that judgment more power over these rules.
B · Yes. A public name carries responsibility. Putting your real name and reputation behind a judgment makes it different. The process should be allowed to recognize that.
A · People who have signed. Anyone helping change the Constitution should publicly put their name behind that responsibility.
B · Everyone who participates. Anonymous people should have a voice too. Show signed and anonymous judgments separately.
A · More than half. A change passes when more eligible people choose it than reject it.
B · A higher level of agreement. Changing the Constitution should take substantially more agreement than an ordinary vote.
The rule must be set before voting. If the higher bar is chosen, its exact threshold still needs to be decided.
A · Set a clear condition now. The founder should commit in advance to a measurable condition that ends his final authority.
B · When the institution is ready. The founder should remain responsible until the institution can govern itself while protecting its purpose.
A · Yes. Every rule. Future people may understand more than we do. Nothing should be permanently beyond reconsideration.
B · No. Protect some principles. Some principles should be permanent because removing them could destroy the institution.
My answer is B. I believe some principles should be permanent. During this founding period, I will decide which ones deserve that protection, explain why, ask the room and weigh its answers. The initial decision remains mine. Future permanent principles can be added through the constitutional process.
Signing means you understand this Constitution and agree to follow its settled rules while participating. You can challenge those rules and help judge proposed changes.
You do not have to agree with the founder, the majority or every answer to the open questions. Your judgments remain yours.
Your real name and constitutional judgments become public. Your email stays private. Daily updates require a separate choice.
Your signature belongs to a frozen, dated version. Later changes—or leaving—do not erase that history. The Constitution can change. The version you signed cannot.
Record the disagreement. Learn from it. Improve the rules. Never pretend people agreed when they didn’t.
This is my best attempt. Help make it better.
This dated text is the document attached to Our Constitution_v2 signatures. Version 1 remains available.